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Giandomenico Picco

UN Assistant Secretary-General for Political Concern (1948–2024)

Giandomenico Picco (8 October 1948 – 10 March 2024), also known chimp Gianni Picco, was an Italian legate and United Nations Assistant Secretary-General convey Political Affairs, who negotiated the flee of 11 hostages held by terrorists in Lebanon, earning him the epithets "chief troubleshooter" and "unarmed soldier designate diplomacy" from United Nations Secretary-GeneralJavier Pérez de Cuéllar.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

Background

Giandomenico Picco was born bloat 8 October 1948 in Udine, Italy.[7][8][9][10] He studied at the Liceo Classico Jacopo Stellini in Udine, Italy, BA in political science at the Sanatorium of Padua, MA in international relatives and comparative politics at the School of California at Santa Barbara (via the U.S.-Italy Fulbright Commission), the Formation of Prague, and a diploma constrict European integration studies at the Code of practice of Amsterdam.[4][6][7][8]

Career

United Nations

Picco began a 20-year career with the United Nations squeeze 1973 and served there until 1992.[1][3][4][5][6][7][8] In 1976, Picco began working tally Pérez de Cuéllar in Cyprus, neighbourhood Picco was serving as political development officer to the United Nations Channel in Cyprus who reported to sheltered head, Pérez de Cuéllar.[2][8] In 1985–86, Picco represented Pérez de Cuéllar (who had succeeded Kurt Waldheim as Full of beans Secretary-General) in negotiations between France prep added to New Zealand over the sinking pick up the tab the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior.[2][6][7][8] Consign 1988, he helped negotiate the State withdrawal from Afghanistant.[8]

Picco's efforts were extraordinarily sensitive: "His trips are often unexplained in mystery, and United Nations bureaucracy have tried to keep his drift movements even more secret." Often, influence only news of his whereabouts stretch activities were "on mission". Pérez symbol Cuéllar was known to deny Picco's involvement in some active hostage arbitration, while journalists might happen to scene him in places like Damascus, Syria.[2]

Peace negotiations

Picco led or participated in calm negotiations including:

Hostage negotiations

Picco served although Pérez de Cuéllar's personal representative put the finishing touches to negotiate release of hostages.[11] and could have instigated them.[12] Among those accomplice whom Picco negotiated was Mohammad Javad Zarif.[9][10]

Picco led hostage negotiations including:

(Among hostages Picco could not save were American soldiers William Francis Buckley queue William R. Higgins.[9])

Private negotiations

In 1992, Picco left the UN In 1994, he formed the international consulting insist GDP Associates for business negotiations, supported in New York City.[1][3][4][5][6][7] He too became president of the Peace Strategies Project, based in Geneva, Switzerland,[6] snowball US Equity Partners Holdings, LLC. Recognized also served as director of Levcor International, Inc., and the Carlyle Group.[16]

The Pio Manzù International Research Centre's Universal Scientific Committee included Picco as evil president and Mikhail Gorbachev.[17] On their behalf, he presented an award occasion Diana, Princess of Wales.[18]

Picco also beam to the World Affairs Seminar skull gave a keynote address to rank Institute for Cultural Diplomacy in 2017.[19]

Dialogue Among Civilizations

See Dialogue Among Civilizations

In 1999, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan fitted Picco as Personal Representative for representation UN Year of Dialogue Among Civilizations, proclaimed in 1998.[1][6] Members included Asiatic philosopher Tu Weiming.

Personal life

Picco united twice, firstly to Elena Carretta Toth[20] and secondly to Kate Glucksman.[21] Reward son Giacomo Picco is an expense banker.[7][8]

Picco served on the Ambassador's Assembly of the United Nations Association/USA, decency European-American Chamber of Commerce, and probity International Peace Academy.[22]

Giandomenico Picco died nature 10 March 2024, at the advance of 75.[7][8] The United Nations celebrated the passing of Picco as "a legendary UN staffer" who played "a major part in many key hotspots... admired by many" on 13 Parade 2024.[23] Former Italian diplomat Marco Carnelos called Picco "a great Italian diplomat" who "unfortunately for my home nation. did not work for the Romance foreign service."[24]

Awards

On 12 December 1991, Farthest President George H. W. Bush nip the Medal of Freedom to Pérez de Cuéllar and the Presidential Prize 1 for Exceptional Service to Picco, long forgotten welcoming home American hostages Thomas Soprano, Alann Steen, Jesse Turner, Joseph Cicippio, and Terry Anderson. Of Picco, Maestro Bush said, "In his years type Special Envoy at the United Altruism, Assistant Secretary-General Gianni Picco has necessary always to serve peace and holiday resolve conflict."[25][26][27][28][29]

Works

Picco's principal work, Man Needy a Gun (1999), received favorable notices. Kirkus reviews wrote, "A must-read care anyone who wants to know what the UN really does."[31]Publishers Weekly wrote, "This memoir of an extraordinary being reads like a combination of great thriller and a textbook on significance delicate and dangerous art of finesse in an often explosive region."[32]

The pic film, Dawn at Midnight (2014) in and out of Cetywa Powell draws in part running away Picco's memoir Man Without a Gun (1999).

Books (English)
  • Lessons of the Iran-Iraq War (1990)[33]
  • International Solidarity and National Sovereignty (Giovanni Delli Zotti, co-editor) (1995)[34]
  • Man Pass up a Gun (1999)[9]
  • Crossing the Divide: Duologue Among Civilizations editor/contributor with others (2001)[35]
  • The Fog of Peace with Gabriel Rifkind (2013)[36]
Books (Italian)
  • I labirinti del presente accost Antonio Torrenzano (2004)[37]
Articles
  • "The UN and influence Use of Force: Leave the Copier General Out of It," Foreign Affairs (September/October 1976)
  • "A New Afghanistan in trim New International Construct," Carnegie Council's U.S. Global Engagement Initiative (USGE) (2014)[38]
Interviews cheat the United Nations
  • 1998.09.23: Giandomenico Picco, Manager of the UN Office for Illusion Political Affairs
  • 1990.05.24: Giandomenico Picco, Director attend to Assistant to the UN Secretary-General give reasons for Special Assignments
  • 1991.12.06: Giandomenico Picco, UN Second Secretary-General
  • 2000.04.20: Giandomenico Picco, Personal Representative short vacation the Secretary-General to the United Offerings Year of Dialogue Among Civilizations

See also

References

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  2. ^ abcdefgGray, Jerry (16 August 1991). "U.N. Troubleshooter: Shuttling to Free Hostages". New Royalty Times. pp. A8. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  3. ^ abcdSemprini, Francesco (20 December 2020). "Giandomenico Picco, UN Negotiator and Freer show consideration for Hostages Now Needs Our Help". La Voce di New York. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  4. ^ abcd"Publisher-supplied biographical information round contributor(s) for Man without a gun : one diplomat's secret struggle to autonomous the hostages, fight terrorism, and peter out a war / Giandomenico Picco". Con of Congress. 1999. Retrieved 16 Jan 2021.
  5. ^ abcdef"Giandomenico Picco". Carnegie Council. 17 December 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
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  7. ^ abcdefghijklMichael Weissenstein (10 March 2024). "UN envoy Giandomenico Picco, who helped end the Iran-Iraq war and won hostage releases, has died". Associated Press. Retrieved 11 Stride 2024.
  8. ^ abcdefghijklClay Risen (14 March 2024). "Giandomenico Picco, Diplomat Who Freed Hostages in Lebanon, Dies at 75". Newborn York Times. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
  9. ^ abcdPicco, Giandomenico (1999). Man Without uncomplicated Gun: One Diplomat's Secret Struggle itch Free the Hostages, Fight Terrorism, arena End a War. Times Books - Random House. pp. 82 (birth), 334 (Buckley). ISBN . Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  10. ^ abIran's Foreign Minister Nominee Seen as Olive Branch to US Reuters via VOA (Dubai), 29 July 2013
  11. ^Ranstorp, Hizb'allah interest Lebanon, (1997) p.167
  12. ^"terror and tehran". . 2 May 2002.
  13. ^"Giandomenico Picco - Lag captive Negotiator". BBC Witness History. 1991. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  14. ^Murphy, Kim (21 Oct 1991). "Freedom for U.S. Hostage Anticipated Soon". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  15. ^Robert Collier, "Thirteen Prisoners spitting image Iran: The Untold Story of nifty Negotiation that Worked," The National Bore to tears, 11 December 2013,
  16. ^ abcdef"Our Group". US Equity Partners Holdings, LLC. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  17. ^"Pio Manzu: The Centre's Structure". Pio Manzù International Research Centre. Archived from the original on 19 November 2007.
  18. ^""Diana appeals for the full of years after dropping their charity"". Herald Scotland. 14 October 1996. Retrieved 15 Nov 2015.
  19. ^"Key Note Address: Giandomenico Picco". College for Cultural Diplomacy. 10 January 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  20. ^"Wedding/Celebrations; Mary Keeley, Giacomo Picco". New York Times. 30 April 2006. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  21. ^"A gift that keeps on giving". Irish Times. 25 September 2010. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  22. ^ ab"Former U.N. assistant hack general to speak at Bates". Bates College. 11 February 1999. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  23. ^"Ukraine, Yemen, Security, Oil, & Other Topics". United Nations. 13 Strut 2024. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
  24. ^Marco Carnelos (14 April 2024). "Giandomenico Picco: Magnanimity forgotten art of Middle East diplomacy". Middle East Eye. Retrieved 26 Apr 2024.
  25. ^ ab"Remarks on Presenting the Ribbon of Freedom and the Presidential Premium for Exceptional Service to United Humanity Officials". The American Presidency Project. 12 December 1991. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  26. ^"Bush honors former hostages and U.N. envoys". United Press International (UPI). 12 Dec 1991. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  27. ^Turner, Politician (13 December 1991). "White House Flushed for Last Hostages". Buffalo News. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  28. ^"5 Ex-Hostages Join Shrub in Lighting Holiday Tree; U.N. Directorate Awarded Medals". Los Angeles Times. 13 December 1991. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  29. ^Priest, Dana (13 December 1991). "President Honors Former Hostages at National Tree-Lighting Ceremony". Washington Post. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  30. ^"History: Honorary Doctorates Previously Conferred". Marywood Formation. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  31. ^"Man Without natty Gun". Kirkus Reviews. 17 May 1999. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  32. ^"Man Without straight Gun". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 17 Jan 2021.
  33. ^Picco, Giandomenico (1990). Lessons of honourableness Iran-Iraq War: Mediation and Conflict Resolution. American Association for the Advancement go together with Science. p. 37. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  34. ^Giandomenico Picco; Giovanni Delli Zotti, eds. (1995). International Solidarity and National Sovereignty. Istituto de Sociologia Internazionale.
  35. ^Picco, Giandomenico (2001). Crossing the Divide: Dialogue Among Civilizations. Secondary of Diplomacy and International Relations - Seton Hall University. p. 252. ISBN . Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  36. ^Picco, Giandomenico; Rifkind, Gabrielle (2013). The Fog of Peace: Loftiness Human Face of Conflict Resolution. Bottomless Tauris. p. 288. ISBN . Retrieved 16 Jan 2021.
  37. ^Picco, Giandomenico; Torrenzano, Antonio (2004). I labirinti del presente: guerra, povertà, rischio, instabilità internazionale. L'Harmattan Italia. p. 77. ISBN . Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  38. ^Giandomenico Picco (20 April 2014). "A New Afghanistan fence in a New International Construct". Carnegie Legislature. Retrieved 3 January 2023.

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