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About Pierre Schori

Pierre Schori is a former Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Sweden to the United Nations after a long career at the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, where he was Minister for International Development Cooperation, Migration and Asylum Policy, and Deputy Foreign Minister from 1994-1999. He served from 2005-2007 as Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General and Head of Mission in Côte d’Ivoire, responsible for the 10,000 civil and military personnel that integrated the complex peacekeeping mission. From 2007-2009, he was Director General of the Madrid-based think tank Fundación para las Relaciones Internacionales y el Diálogo Exterior (FRIDE). Pierre has also been a Distinguished Visiting Professor at Adelphi University, New York from 2004-2005, Guest Professor at the University for Peace in Costa Rica in May 2010. He is currently the Chairperson of the Olof Palme Memorial Fund

Articles by Pierre Schori

Wednesday 1st February

Words of welcome: 2011 Olof Palme Prize

Pierre Schori, 1 February 2012

On January 27, in its 25th award ceremony, the 2011 Olaf Palme Prize for International Understanding and Common Security was given to Lydia Cacho Ribeiro and Roberto Saviano for their tireless and often lonely efforts to expose criminal networks despite great personal risk. Before the award, the Prize chairperson addressed the two honoured guests and an illustrious audience.

Monday 26th October

Afghanistan: peacekeeping without peace

Pierre Schori and Shahrbanou Tadjbakhsh, 26 October 2009

The international intervention in Afghanistan is beset by problems. But it can still be put right if the strategy is “civilianised” and “Afghanised” under United Nations leadership, say Pierre Schori & Shahrbanou Tadjbakhsh.

Wednesday 9th September