Served in the diplomatic service of the former Yugoslavia (1973-91)
Second Secretary, Embassy in Rome 1974-79
First Secretary, Permanent Mission to the UN, Geneva 1983-87
Deputy Director for Multilateral Organisations 1987-1988
Director, EU Department and Special Advisor to the Minister 1989-1991
In disagreement with the Milosevic regime, resigned in 1991 and went into exile in France
Joined the UN in his personal capacity in 1992
Senior Economic Affairs Officer in the UN Department of Economic and Social Development (DESD) in UNHQ, New York
Advisor and Regional Coordinator in several UN peace-keeping, peace-building and electoral missions (MICIVIH-Haiti, UNOMSA-South Africa, MINUGUA-Guatemala and UNAMA-Afghanistan) where he managed multi-national and multi-disciplinary teams of experts and observers (1993-2003)
Extensive experience in post-conflict institutional reconstruction and human rights
Collaborated with the international cultural journal Transeuropéennes in Paris and contributed articles to other publications in France, Italy, India and the former Yugoslavia.
Education:
Academic degree in Economic Sciences from the University of Zagreb.
Chapter "On the Hague Conference" in "Divided Countries, Separated Cities : The Modern Legacy of Partition"/edited by Ghislaine Glasson Deschaumes and Rada Ivekovic. Reprint. New Delhi, Oxford University Press, 2003, x, 192 p., ISBN 0-19-566540-6.
Histoire d'une politique du pire in Transeuropeennes No 16, Paris 2001
Enjeux de la construction d'un Etat de droit en Afghanistan in "Lignes" No 12, Paris 2003, ISBN : 2-84938-000-8
