Background
Mello, Sergio Vieira de was born on March 15, 1948 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
international organization official
Mello, Sergio Vieira de was born on March 15, 1948 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Licence, University Paris, 1969. Maitrise, University Paris, 1970. Doctorat in Philosophy, University Paris, 1974.
Doctorat d'Etat, University Paris, 1985.
Assistant editor, Secretariat United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Geneva, 1969—1971. Field officer, Dhaka East Pakistan/Bangladesh, 1971—1972. Associate programme officer South Sudan Operations Khartoum, Juba, Sudan, 1973—1974.
Programme officer, assistant representative United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Special Operations, Cyprus, 1974—1975. Deputy representative, representative ad interim Maputo, Mozambique, 1975—1977. Regional representative United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Northern Latin American, Lima, Peru, 1978—1980.
Senior political advanced United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, Naqoura, Lebanon, 1981—1983. Deputy head, personnel services United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Geneva, 1983—1985, chef de cabinet of high commissioner and secretary, 1986—1987, director, regional bureau for Asia and Oceania, 1988—1990, director, division external relations, 1990—1993. Head civil affairs United Nations Protection Force, Yugoslavia, 1994.
Director policy planning and operations Executive Office of High Commissioner, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Geneva, 1995—1996. Assistant secretary general, assistant high commissioner for refugees United Nations, New York City, 1996—1997, under secretary general for humanitarian affairs, 1998. Special representative for secretary general United Nations Transitional Administrator in Timor, 1999—2002.
High commissioner for human rights United Nations, Geneva, 2002—2003, special reprinted in Iraq Baghdad, 2003.
Married Annie Vieira de Mello. Children: Adrien, Laurent.