Lena Sundh joins ISDP as a Distinguished Fellow

February 4, 2022: ISDP is pleased to announce that Lena Sundh has joined the research team as a Distinguished Fellow. Lena Sundh is a retired Swedish diplomat who has also served in the UN. She has i.a  been ambassador to Angola, Special Envoy of Sweden to the Africa Great Lakes region and counsellor for political affairs at the Swedish Mission to the UN in New York. She has also served as Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary General to the Democratic Republic of Congo, as the head of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in Nepal and as chair of the International Commission of Inquiry for Mali. At ISDP, Lena Sundh will focus on topics related to conflict, women, security and development.