Jan Pronk Talks & Some Times Walks

I was born in 1940 (March 16) in Scheveningen, The Netherlands. My nationality is Dutch.

After having finished my study economics at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam I became research assistant of Prof. Jan Tinbergen at the same university. In the seventies I became a politician: member of parliament for the Social-Democratic Party (Partij van de Arbeid) and Minister for Development Cooperation. In the first half of the eighties I worked as an international civil servant for the United Nations (UNCTAD) in Geneva.
Thereafter I returned to Dutch politics and became again Minister for Development Cooperation and later Minister of Environment. I left Dutch politics in 2002 and was appointed as Professor at the Institute of Social Studies (ISS - www.iss.nl) in The Hague. Presently I am living in Khartoum as the Special Representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations in Sudan, where I am leading the UN peace keeping operation (UNMIS - www.unmis.org.

My main professional interests are sustainable development and international relations. My hobbies are fitness (running, swimming, ski-ing), reading and archiving.

I am married to Tineke Zuurmond. We have two children. Our daughter, Carin, has studied economics in Rotterdam. Presently she is working at the European Central Bank in Frankfurt. She is married to Paco Tur Hartmann. They have a daughter, Carolina. Our son, Rochus, studied law in Utrecht and Washington. He is a diplomat and has worked in that capacity in Shanghai, Brussels, Kabul, Ramallah and Sarajevo. Since mid 2006 he has taken up a new position in Uruzgan, Afghanistan.

Curriculum Vitae
Professional

Professional

1957 – 1964 Study Economics at Erasmus University, Rotterdam
1964 – 1971 Lecturer/Research fellow Erasmus University and Netherlands Economic Institute,
Rotterdam
1971 – 1973 Member of Parliament, The Netherlands (PvdA, Labour Party)
1973 – 1977 Minister for Development Co-operation, The Netherlands (Cabinet den Uyl)
1978 – 1980 Member of Parliament
1978 – 1980 Professor Theory and Practice of International Development, Institute of Social
Studies (ISS), The Hague
1980 – 1986 Deputy Secretary-General United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
(UNCTAD, Assistant Secretary General UN), Geneva
1986 – 1989 Member of Parliament
1988 – 1989 Professor Theory and Practice of Policy Making, University of Amsterdam
1989 – 1992 Minister for Development Co-operation (Cabinet Lubbers III)
1994 – 1998 Idem (Cabinet Kok I)
1998 – 2002 Minister of Housing, Spatial Planning and Environment (Cabinet Kok II)
2002 – 2004 Professor Theory and Practice of International Development, ISS, The Hague
2004 - Special Representative Secretary General of the United Nations in Sudan, Khartoum


Positions

- Member Evaluation Committee Netherlands Development Assistance, 1966-1969
- Member World Council of Churches Commission on the Participation of Churches in Development (WCC-CCPD), 1969-1973
- Member Board of Editors Wending, 1970-1973
- Deputy Governor World Bank, 1973-1977, 1989-1998
- Member Development Committee of the World Bank, 1974-1977, 1989-1998
- Chairman Intergovernmental Group on Indonesia (IGGI), 1973-1977, 1989-1992)
- Chairman Committee of the Whole, 7th Special Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, 1975
- Chairman World Council of Churches Advisory Group on Economic Matters, 1978-1987
- Member Independent Commission on International Development Issues (Brandt Commission), 1979-1983
- Member International Commission for the Study of Communication Problems (MacBride Commission), 1978-1980
- Deputy Chairman Labour Party (PvdA), The Netherlands, 1987-1989
- Member Commission on Global Governance (Carlsson/Ramphal Commission), 1991-1995
- Co-Chairman Global Coalition for Africa, 1991-1998
- Member Independent Commission on Population and the Quality of Life (Commission de Lourdes Pintasilgo), 1994-1996
- Chairman 6th Conference of Parties UN Convention on Climate Change, 2000-2001
- Special Envoy Secretary General United Nations for the World Summit on Sustainable Development, 2001-2003
- Chairman of the Board of the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), London, 2002-2004
- Chairman of Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC), Geneva, 2003-2004
- Chairman Vluchtelingen Organisaties Nederland (VON, Federation of Refugee Organisations in the Netherlands), 2003-2004

الحاكم يضرب على الطبلة

و جميع وزارات الإعلام تدق على ذات الطبلة

و جميع وكالات الأنباء تضخم إيقاع الطبلة

و الصحف الكبرى و الصغرى

تعمل أيضا راقصة

في ملهى تملكه الدولة ! .

لا يوجد صوت في الموسيقى

أردأ من صوت الدولة ! !

المقتبسات السابقة من موقع يان برونك الشخصي على الإنترنت



شكرا صديقي د. مصطفى

ومحبتي

بعد قرار الطرد..الأمم المتحدة تستدعى سفيرها في السودان


نيويورك : استدعى السكرتير العام للامم المتحدة كوفي عنان مبعوثه الخاص الى السودان يان برونك الى نيويورك للتشاور معه بعد قرار الحكومة السودانية طرده من اراضيها خلال ثلاثة ايام.

وكان السكرتير العام قد تسلم يوم امس رسالة من الحكومة السودانية تضمنت قرار طرد مبعوثه الخاص من السودان بعد التصريحات التي ادلى بها عن الجيش السوداني.

وقال المتحدث باسم الامم المتحدة ستيفان دوجاريك ان "عنان يراجع الرسالة السودانية بانتظار اجراء مشاورات مع برونك". وكانت وسائل الاعلام قد ذكرت ان الجيش السوداني اعلن برونك شخصا غير مرحب به في اعقاب كلام له نشر على موقعه على شبكة الانترنت اشار فيه الى ان الحالة المعنوية للجيش انخفضت بعد ان مني بهزيمتين كبيرتين في اقليم دارفور.

كما قال بيان لوزارة الخارجية السودانية ان الحكومة تعتبر مهمة يان برونك في السودان منتهية وان على برونك مغادرة الأراضي السودانية في غضون 72 ساعة اعتبارا من منتصف اليوم الأحد.