Lessons Learned - Alvaro de Soto

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"Lessons Learned from a Quarter Century of Peacemaking on Three Continents". Alvaro de Soto, a Peruvian diplomat, left the United Nations in May 2007 after a 25-year career, his last position being the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process. Mr de Soto led the 1990-1991 negotiations which ended the decade-long war in El Salvador. He conducted the 1999-2004 negotiations which led to the draft comprehensive settlement for the Cyprus problem. He was also the Secretary-General's Special Envoy to Myanmar (Burma) (1995-1999) and his Special Representative for the Western Sahara (2003-2005). He worked closely in his career with UN Secretaries-General Perez de Cuellar, Boutros-Ghali and Kofi Annan, in addition to holding senior positions in the Secretary-General's office and in the Department of Political Affairs.

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American, University, of, Beirut, AUB, IFI, Issam, Fares, Alvaro, de, Soto, Peacemaking, UN, Politics, Political, Affairs

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