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Belgian politician (born 1954)
Isabelle Annie J. Durant [1] Ecolo party who served as Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) from 2017 to 2021 and as acting Secretary-General of the organisation from 2021 to 2022.[2] [3]
Early life and education
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Durant graduated as a nurse, then became a vocational trainer for the care sector, and worked with schools in working-class districts. She later complemented her nursing degree with a bachelor's degree in social and economic politics from the Université catholique de Louvain .[4]
Political career
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Between 1999 and 2003, Durant served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Mobility and Transport in the Belgian federal government , Guy Verhofstadt 's first government .
In 2003, Durant and her party colleague Olivier Deleuze resigned from Verhofstadt's government one week before the national elections and after a clash over the issue of night flights from Brussels Airport .[5] [6]
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Durant was a member of the Senate between 2003 and 2011.[7] Democratic Republic of the Congo , Egypt , Tunisia ) (2003-2009).[8]
From 2004, Durnat also served as Federal Secretary and Spokesperson of Ecolo , this time with Jean-Michel Javaux and Claude Brouir but also as a replacement for Evelyne Huytebroeck who became minister in the Government of the Brussels-Capital Region .
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Durant became a Member of the European Parliament in the 2009 European elections . She served as Vice President of the European Parliament under the leadership of president Martin Schulz between 2009 and 2014. In addition, she was a member of the Committee on Budgets , the delegation for relations with Iran and the delegation to the ACP–EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly . In 2012, she also served on a cross-party working group which presented new rules for what gifts MEPs might accept.[9] [10]
On 15 September 2010 Durant supported the new initiative Spinelli Group in the European Parliament , which was founded to reinvigorate the strive for federalisation of the European Union (EU ). Other prominent supporters include Jacques Delors , Daniel Cohn-Bendit , Guy Verhofstadt , Andrew Duff and Elmar Brok .
Pamela Coke-Hamilton , Prime Minister Mia Mottley and Durant.
In December 2013, Durant led a European Parliament delegation – including Tarja Cronberg , Cornelia Ernst Marietje Schaake and Josef Weidenholzer – visiting Tehran where members met parliament speaker Ali Larijani and his brother, Mohammad Javad Larijani , head of the judiciary's high council on human rights; human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh ; and filmmaker Jafar Panahi .
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In June 2017, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres , in consultation with Mukhisa Kituyi , decided to appoint Durant as Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). Durant succeeded Joakim Reiter .[8] Mukhisa Kituyi at the head of the organisation, becoming acting Secretary-General 2022.
Other activities
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Honours
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Notes
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^ "Isabelle Durant takes over as acting head of UNCTAD" . UNCTAD . Retrieved 16 February 2021 .
^ Mr. Pedro Manuel Moreno of Spain - Deputy Secretary-General of United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) United Nations , press release of 4 November 2022.
^ Els Samyn (December 14, 2011), Eco-friendly federalist European Voice
^ John Carreyrou (January 10, 2000), Controversy Flies Over Brussels And Green Party's Noise Plan Wall Street Journal
^ Tim King (March 30, 2016), Why Belgian politicians haven’t lost their jobs Politico Europe
^ "Belgische Senaat" (in Dutch). Belgian Senate . Retrieved 10 June 2009 .
^ a b Secretary-General Appoints Isabelle Durant of Belgium as Deputy Secretary-General of United Nations Conference on Trade and Development United Nations , press release of 9 June 2017.
^ On the fast track European Voice
^ Eric Lipton and Danny Hakim (October 18, 2013), Lobbying Bonanza as Firms Try to Influence European Union New York Times
^ Friends of Europe appoints 29 new members to its Board of Trustees Friends of Europe , press release of June 25, 2020.
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