Anna Jardfelt is the Swedish Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the International Organisations in Geneva.[1]
Anna Jardfelt | |
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| Born | 1972 |
| Nationality | Swedish |
Early life and education
editJardfelt Melvin holds a masters of law degree.[2]
Career
editJardfelt Melvin's law degree has a specialisation in international law. She joined the Swedish Foreign Ministry in 1997 and has spent a large part of her career on European Security policy issues, notably as Chief of Staff for the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (2001–2005).[3]
She was the Director of the Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI) between 2010 and 2014.[4]
Jardfelt served as Ambassador to the EU's Political and Security Committee in Brussels between 2014 and 2017. She was Ambassador of Sweden to Kenya, Seychelles and the Comoros and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) from 2017 to 2020. In March 2018 she presented her credentials to President Danny Faure as the Ambassador to the Seychelles.[5] Later that year she wrote about an initiative in Kenya to encourage preganant women and mothers to attend check-ups to reduce infant mortality. The programme had begun in 2014 with an initial objective of supplying milk but had moved on to providing money to women as they became mothers. It was organised by the County Government of Kakamega and supported by UNICEF and the Swedish embassy.[6]
Jardfelt became the Swedish ambassador in Geneva in 2020.[2] In 2021 she became the chair of the International Labour organisation succeeding Apurva Chandra of India.[7]
Private life
editJardfelt is married with two children.[2]
Other activities
edit- United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2021)[8]
- European Leadership Network (ELN), Member[citation needed]
References
edit- ^ "Who is who". Sweden Abroad. Retrieved 2021-03-06.
- ^ a b c "Anna Jardfelt" (PDF). swecham.ch. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
- ^ "Anna Jardfelt". europeanleadershipnetwork.org. Retrieved 2024-12-14.
- ^ "State Secretary George Ciamba meets with Anna Jardfelt, Director of the Swedish Institute for International Affairs | Ministry of Foreign Affairs". mae.ro. Retrieved 2019-12-24.
- ^ "New Swedish Ambassador to Seychelles Accredited". www.statehouse.gov.sc. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
- ^ "Life-saving Cash Transfer Programme Enshrined in Kakamega Law - Kenya | ReliefWeb". reliefweb.int. 2018-01-05. Retrieved 2024-12-14.
- ^ "India's term as Chairperson of Governing Body of International Labour Organisation comes to an end". Indian Ministry of Labour & Employment. 25 June 2021.
- ^ Board of Trustees: Anna Jarfeldt United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR).