High Representative welcomes Georges Bordet, new Head of OHR Banja Luka

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OHR Sarajevo | 19/2/2001

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The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, welcomes Georges Bordet to his position of Deputy High Representative and Head of the OHR Regional Office in Banja Luka. Mr. Bordet has taken up his duties today.

Mr. Bordet's career with the Canadian armed forces includes extensive experience in peacekeeping missions in Cyprus and the Afghanistan-Pakistan border as well as with the OSCE in Kosovo and Albania where he headed the OSCE Refugee Task Force.

The High Representative welcomes the arrival of Mr. Bordet and looks forward to him contributing to the continuing process of implementing the Dayton Peace Agreement throughout Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Curriculum Vitae

Name:	Georges Bordet

Nationality:	Canadian

Education:	1959-1964	Royal Military College, Kingston, Canada

	1972-1973	Canadian Land Forces Command and Staff College
	1979 NATO	Defense College, Rome
	1995-1997	MA University of Manitoba, Canada
	2000	University of Windsor Faculty of Law, Canada

Employment
History:	1999	Chief of Staff and Head of OSCE Refugee Task Force in Albania
	1998-1999	Orahovac/Malisevo Coordination Centre, OSCE Kosovo Verification Mission
	1991-1994	Canadian High Commission, Pakistan
	1990	Senior Military Advisor to the Personal Representative of the United Nations for Afghanistan and Pakistan
	1989	United Nations Good Offices Mission in Afghanistan and Pakistan
	1983	Deputy Commander of the Canadian Contingent with the United Nations Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP)

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