Elisabeth Rehn Chair of Working Table I

Nationality: Finnish

Education, achievements, public service

• D.sc (Pol., h.c.) Turku 1998
  
• D.sc.(Econ.,h.c.) Helsinki 1994
  
• B.sc. (Economics) Helsinki 1957
  
• Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe, Chairperson of Working Table 1, Democratisation and Human Rights, 2003 - UNIFEM Independent Expert on a Global assessment on the Impact of war on women, and their role in the Peace process, 2001- 2003
  
• UN Under-Secretary-General, Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 16.1.1998-15.7.1999
  
• UN Special Rapporteur for the Situation of Human Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina, The Republic of Croatia, The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, 27.9.1995 - 15.1.1998
  
• Member of European Parliament, 1995-1996
  
• Minister of Defence, 1990-1995
  
• Minister of Equality Affairs, 1991-1995
  
• Member of Parliament, 1979-1995
  
• Presidential candidate 1994 (II round), and 2000
  
• Member of Grankulla City Council 1973-1979
  
• UNICEF, Finnish committee member 1982-1994, Chairman 1988-1993
  
• Chairman of the Standing Group of the National Committees, NY, 1990-1994
  
• Finnish Red Cross, Vice-chairman 1984-1988
  
• OSCE, Court of Conciliation and Arbitration, member 1994-
  
• WWF, Member of the Board of Trustees in Finland 1982-89, 1991-1994, Chairman 1.7.2000-
  
• IPCD Conference in Cairo 1994, Member of the Ministerial Steering Group, Vice-chair of the Conference, and Member of the UNFPA Advisory Committee for Inplementation of the IPCD Decisions 1995-1997
• Engendering the Peace Process, co-chair of the Conference in Jerusalem 1997,
  
• Member of the International Steering Committee 1997-
  
• Naisten Valmiusliitto, Chairman of the Finnish Association for Education and Training of Women in Crisis prevention 1997-2002
  
• Climate 2000 in the Hague, Chair of the Youth Conference 17-19.2000
  
• Intellibridge Advisory Council Member, Washington, 2001-
  
• United Nations, Member of DPKO Review Board April 2001
  
• The Cancer Clinic support organisation, Helsinki, chair 2002-

Honors and Awards

• Doctor of Economic Sciences, h.c. Swedish School of Economics and Business Adminstration, 1994 Helsinki
  
• Doctor of Politics, h.c., ‰bo Akademi, 1998 Turku
  
• Honorary Member of Jaycees International 1992, Kirkkonummi
  
• Paul Harris Fellow of Rotary Foundation, S–dert”lje Sweden
  
• Honorary Member of UNICEF Finland 1994
  
• Honorary Member of Zonta International 1996
  
• The Cross of Liberty, I Class with Grand star, Finland 2002
  
• Commander of the Order of the White Rose of Finland, 1992
  
• Das Grosse Ehrenzeichen am Bande, Austria, 1994
  
• The Golden Charter of Peace and Humanism, 1998 Sarajevo/US
  
• 1st class Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 2003, Estonia
  
• Several awards connected to Defence.