Permanent Representative to the UN, New York Jan Grauls of Belgium

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Grauls was educated at the Saint Berchmans Jesuit College in Brussels.

In the late 1980s and 1990s, Grauls was diplomatic adviser to the Prime Minister (1988-1991) and, on secondment to the Royal Palace from 1994-1997, as Deputy Chef de Cabinet and diplomatic adviser to the King of Belgium.

Grauls - curriculum vitaeJan Grauls has been appointed Permanent Representative to the United Nations on 30th April 2008 and has taken up his new position on 4th June 2008.

Jan Grauls was educated at the St.

Jan Grauls was born on 12th February 1948.

Grauls said the new mechanism recently implemented to list and delist al-Qaida and Taliban sponsors has been a crucial tool in the fight against terrorism.

Ambassador Jan Grauls has been speaking individually with members of the 15-nation council to get an agreement on a statement he hopes all of them can back.

It was not immediately clear if Grauls had brokered a deal that would bridge the divisions on the council.

Grauls said he is aware of the Chinese envoy’s statements and said that it is up to the UNSC members to decide whether “August is the right time” to debate the issue.

Undersecretary of Belgian Foreign Ministry Jan Grauls said on Tuesday that given Iran's high potentials for investment, his country's small and medium sized companies can expand ties with Tehran.

From 1942 till 1944 Jan Grauls was nominated by the Germans as mayor of "Great Brussels", established in occupied Brussels.

very soon," Grauls said on Wednesday.

Grauls expressed the hope that the spirit of the Olympic Truce would palpably influence certain situations in the field.