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Dr. Hans Blix is a Swedish diplomat and politician. He taught International Law before embarking on a career at the Swedish Foreign Ministry.
From 2000 to 2003, Dr. Blix was head of the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission. Since then, he has chaired the Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission, which released its collective findings under the heading “Weapons of Terror: Freeing the World of Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Arms.”.
He has an Honorary Doctorate from Moscow State University (1987) and is a recipient of the Henry de Wolf Smyth Award (Washington DC, 1988). In 1997, he was awarded the Gold Medal for distinguished service in the field of nuclear affairs by the Uranium Institute, the predecessor to the World Nuclear Association of which he became Honorary Chairman in 2001. He has written several books on subjects associated with international and constitutional law.
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