Jean-Marie Guéhenno

Who is Jean-Marie Guéhenno?

Jean-Marie Guéhenno is a former French diplomat. He served as the United Nations' Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations. Guéhenno was appointed to the position in 2000 and retired in August 2008. He is a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution and the NYU Center on International Cooperation. He currently serves as the Director of the Center for International Conflict Resolution at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs. He also serves as associate director of the Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies at SIPA, and directs the School's International Conflict Resolution specialization.

Guéhenno was elected Chairman of the Henri Dunant Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue Board at the end of 2010. From March to July 2012, he temporarily stood down from the Board when he was appointed Deputy Joint Special Envoy of the United Nations and the League of Arab States on Syria. He resumed his role as a Member and Chairman of the HD Centre Board in November 2012.