- Lisbet Palme
Anna Lisbet Christina Palme, née Beck-Friis (born
March 14 ,1931 ) is a former chairman ofUNICEF , educated as a child psychologist. She is the widow of late Swedish Prime MinisterOlof Palme . They married onJune 9 ,1956 .UNICEF
She has been chairman of the Swedish
UNICEF Committee since November 1986, [cite news |title=LISBET PALME, IN U.S., TALKS OF AN UNDIMMED VISION |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE7DD143EF934A15757C0A961948260 |work=The New York Times |date=1987-04-27 |accessdate=2008-06-12 ] in which role she has campaigned against the sexual exploitation of children [cite news |title=SEXUAL EXPLOITATION IS UP, EXPERTS SAY |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-64665395.html |work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer |date=1996-06-08 |accessdate=2008-06-12 ] and was a member of theOrganisation of African Unity committee of investigation into theRwandan genocide which reported its findings in 2000. [cite news |title=Africans say UN must pay for genocide |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2000/jul/07/victoriabrittain |work=The Guardian |date=2000-07-07 |accessdate=2008-06-12 ] She was world-wide chairman of UNICEF in 1990–91. [cite web |url=http://www.unicef.org/about/execboard/files/ExBd-ref-guide-AnnexIII_06(5).pdf |title=Officers of the Executive Board, 1946-2006 |publisher=UNICEF |accessdate=2008-06-12 ]Assassination of Olof Palme
Olof Palme was shot and killed in central
Stockholm onFebruary 28 ,1986 , while walking home with his wife after a late night movie - without bodyguards. Lisbet Palme was also injured in the shooting by a shot in her arm/shoulder.Christer Pettersson was arrested in December 1988, identified by Mrs. Palme, with some hesitation, as the killer. Beforehand she had been informed that the suspected killer was a drug addict, and when confronted with Petterson in a line up, Mrs. Palme said "It's him. Anyone can see that he is a junkie." Fact|date=February 2008 Pettersson was tried and convicted of Palme's murder, but he was later acquitted on appeal to the High Court. Thus, Olof Palme's murder remains unsolved.References
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