Dear friend of Arkadia, You are heartily invited to “Arab Spring to Arab Winter” by Hannu Halinen on Friday 2.12 at 6pm. Hannu Halinen was the Ambassador of Finland in the Arab Republic of Egypt from 2005 to 2009. He has kindly accepted to talk of the events that are reshaping the Arab world. Welcome! Warm regards, Ian www.arkadiabookshop.fi –Entrance is free and green tea will be offered. A donation of €2 (or more!) to fund the event is suggested and would be most welcome. Hannu Halinen / Diplomatic Career – Entered the Foreign Service of Finland in 1973 – 1974 Consulate General of Finland, Marseille – 1976-1978 Second Secretary, Embassy of Finland, Ottawa – 1978-1980 First Secretary, Embassy of Finland, Budapest – 1980-1981 International Treaties Office, Legal Department, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Helsinki – 1981-1983 Chief, Employment Section, Department of Administration, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Helsinki – 1983-1987 Counsellor (Political), Permanent Mission of Finland to the United Nations, New York – Representative of Finland in the Council for Namibia – President, Vice-President of Rapporteur on several conferences, seminars and meetings – 1987-1990 Permanent Representative of Finland to FAO and International Organizations in Rome – Deputy Head of Finnish Delegation to the FAO General Conference 1987 and 1990 – Chairman of the Drafting Committee at the FAO General Conference 1990 – Chairman of the Drafting Committee at the FOA Council meetings 1989 and 1990 – Coordinator of FAO Reform Group of WEOG-member countries – 1987-1990 Minister Counsellor, Embassy of Finland, Rome – 1987-1990 Consul General of Finland in San Marino – 1990-1992 Director, UN Office, Political Department, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Helsinki – Rapporteur and Chairman of the Drafting Committee, 79. ILO Conference, 1992 – Deputy Head of the Finnish Delegation 36. Commission on the Status of Women 1992. – Member of the Finnish Delegation to the 48. Human Rights Commission – 1993-1995 Ambassador, Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, Helsinki – Coordinator of Human Rights Policy in Finland in International Organizations, particularly UN, Council of Europe, OSCE and EU – 1993-1995 Representative of Finland to the UN Human Rights Commission – Head of the Finnish Delegation to the UN World Conference on Human Rights, Vienna 1993 – Head of the Finnish Delegation to the 49. and 50. Human Rights Commission, Geneva – Head of the Finnish Delegation, Rapporteur as well as member of the Bureau to the 5. Human Rights Commission, Geneva 1983-1987; Member, Delegation of Finland to the UN General Assembly 1990-1995 – 1994-1995 Representative of Finland to EU/PESC/COHOM – 1995-1999 Special Rapporteur of the UN Commission on Human Rights on the Occupied Palestinian Territories – 1995-1998 Ambassador, Head of the Berlin Office of the Embassy of Finland – 1998-2002 Ambassador of Finland in Hungary – 2002-2005 Leave of absence (Director of the Secretariat, Council of the Baltic Sea States, Stockholm) – 2005 – 2009 Ambassador of Finland in the Arab Republic of Egypt, Accredited also to Sudan -2009 – Ambassador, Arctic Affairs, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Helsinki Decorations: SL R I; Commendatore (Repubblica Italiana); Das Grosse Verdienstkreuz (Bundesrepublik Deutschland); K I (Unkari) Publications, studies and lectures i.a. on Human Rights, Humanitarian Policies and Strategies, as well as Regional Cooperation.