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 seventh meeting of the Advisory Board on Human Security (ABHS) was convened on 12-13 November 2008 at UN Headquarters in New York. The meeting was chaired by Mrs. Sadako Ogata and attended by the following Board members: Mr. Vijay Nambiar, Ms. Sonia Picado, Mr. Surin Pitsuwan, Mr. Bradford Smith, and Ambassador Yukio Takasu. Also present were some of the members of the Commission on Human Security (CHS): Mr. Amartya Sen, Mr. Albert Tevoedjre, and Mr. Carl Tham as well as Mr. François Fouinat, former Executive Director of the CHS. Ambassador Sanja Štiglic, Permanent Representative of Slovenia to the United Nations; Mr. John Holmes, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator; and representatives from the Permanent Missions of Japan, Slovenia and Thailand; a representative from Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Ms. Shahrbanou Tadjbakhsh, Director of the Program for Peace and Human Security in Sciences Po in Paris; as well as the Human Security Unit (HSU), OCHA, also attended the meeting. [More...]

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