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

Sarajevo, 19 February 2001

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
 1995-1997MA 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
 1990Senior Military Advisor to the Personal Representative of the United Nations for Afghanistan and Pakistan
 1989 United Nations Good Offices Mission in Afghanistan and Pakistan
 1983Deputy Commander of the Canadian Contingent with the United Nations Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP)


OHR Press Release, Sarajevo, 19 February 2001