Pierre Schori

Pierre Schori was for many years international secretary in the Swedish Social Democratic Party and a close assistant to  Prime Minister Olof Palme. He was Secretary General of Sweden's foreign ministry 1982–91, later member of the cabinet 1994–99,  Deputy Foreign Minister and Minister responsible for issues of foreign aid and migration, Social Democratic member of the European Parliament,^[3] and Sweden's ambassador to the United Nations in 2000-2004.

He was appointed election supervisor in Zimbabwe 2002 by the European Union. In April 2005 he was appointed Special Representative for Côte d'Ivoire by United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan (UNOCI).