EDMOND FRANCOIS JANSSENS, Diplomat, Official. Director, Energy Division, Economic Commission for Europe, United Nations. Officer, Order of Leopold; Officer, Order of the Crown; Commander, Belgian Naval Reserve. Study Group on International Organization(s) of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Education
Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium, 1942-1944, Classical Philology. Free University of Brussels, 1944-1947, Docteur en Droit. Cambridge University, 1947-1949, Master of Arts Economy.
Columbia University, New York, 1949-1951, Certificate Russian. Spoken languages: French, Dutch, English, Spanish, German, Russian.
Career
Director, Energy Division, Economic Commission for Europe, United Nations since 1972. Executive Secretary, Fund for Development of West Irian United Nations, 1970-1972. Acting Director of Training, United Nations Institute for Training and Research, 1969-1970.
Fellow, Development Center, Organization of Economic Company-operation & Development, 1964-1969. Chief, Training & Fellowship Program(s) Section(s), Bureau Technical Operations, United Nations, 1961 -1963. Economist, Research & Planning Division, Economic Commission for Europe, 5961.
Chief, Transport, Transportation Section(s), Economic Commission for Latin America, United Nations, 1956-1958. Program(s) Officer, Public Admin Division, United Nations Technical Assistance Administration 1954-1956. Assistant to Director, United Nations Public Admin Institute, Institution for Turkey & Middle East, 1953-1954.
Economist, Department of Economic Affairs, United Nations, 1951-1953. Research Assistant, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 1950. Teaching Fellow, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia, 1949.
Military Service, 1943-1946.
Membership
Study Group on International Organization(s) of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.