New Permanent Observer for International Development Law Organization Presents Letter of Appointment

(Based on information provided by the Protocol and Liaison Service)

The new Permanent Observer for the International Development Law Organization to the United Nations, Henk-Jan Brinkman, presented his letter of appointment to UN Secretary-General António Guterres today.

Prior to his appointment, Mr. Brinkman was Chief of Peacebuilding Strategy and Partnerships Branch of the Peacebuilding Support Office in the United Nations Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs.  During his tenure, from 2012-2013, he also co-chaired the International Dialogue on Peacebuilding and Statebuilding Working Group on Indicators.

Between 2006 and 2010, he was Chief Economic Analysis and Chief Food Security Policy and Markets in the Office of the Executive Director of the World Food Programme in Rome, Italy, and Senior Adviser for Economic Policy in the World Food Programme in New York.

From 2001 to 2006 he advised United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan and Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette on economic, social and environmental issues as a Senior Economic Affairs Officer in the Executive Office of the Secretary-General.  He was an economist in the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs from 1989 to 2001.

A Dutch citizen, he holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts in Economics from the University of Groningen in the Netherlands and a Doctor of Philosophy in Economics from the New School for Social Research in New York City.