As recommended by the Commission on Human Security (CHS), the Advisory Board on Human Security (ABHS) was established to carry forward the recommendations of the CHS and advise the UN Secretary-General on:

• The general guidelines for the United Nations Trust Fund for Human Security (UNTFHS);
• Methods to increase the impact of projects and activities funded by the UNTFHS;
• Ways to promote and disseminate the human security concept and deepen its understanding and acceptance worldwide.

 The ABHS is an independent body composed of eight distinguished members known for their breadth of knowledge and their deep commitment to human security.

The sixth meeting of the Advisory Board on Human Security (ABHS) was convened on 14-15 November 2006 at UN Headquarters in New York. The meeting was chaired by Mrs. Sadako Ogata and attended by the following Board members: Professor Adebayo Adedeji, Ms. Sonia Picado, Dr. Surin Pitsuwan, Mr. Vijay Nambiar, Mr. Bradford Smith and Ambassador Yukio Takasu. Also present were Ambassador Sanja Štiglic, Permanent Representative of Slovenia to the United Nations, Ambassador Don Pramudwinai, Permanent Representative of Thailand to the United Nations, Sir John Holmes, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Rashid Khalikov (Director, OCHA New York Office), Mr. François Fouinat (former Executive Director of the Commission on Human Security), representatives from the Permanent Missions of Japan, Slovenia and Thailand, representatives from Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Human Security Unit, OCHA, and representatives from the United Nations Development Programme’s Regional Bureau for Africa (UNDP/RBA). [More...]

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