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Nonresident Senior Fellow

Francis M. Deng

Francis M. Deng

Nonresident Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Brookings-LSE Project on Internal Displacement

An expert on conflict management and U.S.-Africa relations, Francis Deng served as Representative of the UN Secretary-General on Internally Displaced Persons and is currently Special Adviser to the UN Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities.



Expertise

Africa; conflict management and resolution; human rights; internal displacement; regional conflicts; Sudan; U.S.-Africa relations

  • Language Fluency:
  • Arabic

Background

Current Positions
United Nations Special Adviser for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities

Past Positions
Served as Representative of the U.N. Secretary-General on Internally Displaced Persons (1994-2004); Distinguished Professor and Senior Fellow at the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Affairs Graduate Center, City University of New York; Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of the Sudan (1976-1980); Sudanese Ambassador to the United States, to Scandinavia, and to Canada; Human Rights Officer, Division of Human Rights, U.N. Secretariat (1967-71); Guest Scholar and Senior Research Associate, Woodrow Wilson Center; Distinguished Fellow, Rockefeller Brothers Fund; Jennings Randolph Distinguished Fellow, U.S. Institute of Peace

Education

J.S.D. (1968), LL.M. (1965) Yale Law School; LL.B., Khartoum University, 1962


Research and Commentary

Save to My PortfolioAround the Halls: Remembering Richard HolbrookeDecember 14, 2010Brookings Up Front Blog
Save to My PortfolioMass Displacement Caused by Conflicts and One-Sided ViolenceJune 2009International Security, Armaments and Disarmament in 2008, SIPRI Yearbook 2009
Save to My PortfolioAfrican Renaissance: Towards a New SudanNovember 2005Forced Migration Review
Save to My PortfolioThe Darfur Crisis in ContextJanuary 2005Forced Migration Review
Save to My PortfolioQuestion & Answer Session on DarfurAugust 14, 2004The Washington Post
Save to My PortfolioReport on Darfur to United NationsSummer 2004United Nations Commission on Human Rights
Save to My PortfolioThe Plight of the Internally Displaced: A Challenge to the International CommunityApril 08, 2004UN High Level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change
Save to My PortfolioGenerous Response to Needs of Those Displaced by Earthquake in Iran Urged by RepresentativeDecember 30, 2003A Statement by the Representative of the UN Secretary-General on Internally Displaced Persons
Save to My PortfolioA Call for Urgent Action on the Displacement Crisis in the Darfur Region of the SudanDecember 2003A Statement by the Representative of the UN Secretary-General on Internally Displaced Persons
Save to My PortfolioSergio Vieira de Mello: What a LossAugust 20, 2003UN Statement
Save to My PortfolioProposal for a Law on Internal Displacement in PeruJuly 04, 2003Statement by the United Nation's Representative of the Secretary-General on Internally Displaced Persons
Save to My PortfolioThe OSCE and Internal Displacement in the CaucasusJune 10, 2003U.S. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
Save to My PortfolioStatement of the Representative of the UN Secretary-General on Internally Displaced PersonsApril 10, 200359th Session of the UN Commission on Human Rights

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