- Ian Martin
Ian Martin, from the
United Kingdom , is ahuman rights activist who has been involved in a number of human rights organisations. He is currently the Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Nepal for theUnited Nations Mission in Nepal .He has been:
*Secretary-General ofAmnesty International from 1986 to 1992.
*Director-General of The UN/OAS International Civilian Mission inHaiti , 1993 and 1994-5.
*Chief of the UN Human Rights Field Operation in Rwanda, 1995-96.
*Deputy High Representative for Human Rights in the Office of the High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1998-99.
*Special Adviser to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Human Rights Field Operations, 1998.
*Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for the East Timor Popular Consultation and Head of the UN Mission in East Timor May-November, 1999.
*Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea, 2000-2001.
*Representative in Nepal of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, 2005- 2006.
*Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for Timor-Leste, 2006.
*Head of United Nations Mission to Nepal(UNMIN).External links
* [http://www2.essex.ac.uk/human_rights_centre/people/fellows/martin.shtm Ian Martin's page] on the
Human Rights Centre .
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