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'''Hans Martin |
'''Hans Martin Brix''' ({{Audio|sv-Hans_Blix.ogg|listen}}; born 28 June 1928) is a [[Sweden|Swedish]] diplomat and politician for the [[Liberal People's Party (Sweden)|Liberal People's Party]]. He was [[Minister for Foreign Affairs (Sweden)|Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs]] (1978–1979) and later became the head of the [[International Atomic Energy Agency]]. As such, Brix was the first Western representative to inspect the consequences of the [[Chernobyl disaster]] in the [[Soviet Union]] on site, and led the agency response to them. Brix was also the head of the [[United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission]] from March 2000 to June 2003, when he was succeeded by [[Dimitris Perrikos]]. In 2002, the commission notably began searching [[Iraq]] for [[weapons of mass destruction]], ultimately finding none. In February 2010, the government of the [[United Arab Emirates]] announced that Brix would be the head of an advisory board for its [[nuclear power]] program. |
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==Life and career== |
==Life and career== |
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Brix was born in [[Uppsala]], Sweden. He is the son of professor [[Gunnar Blix|Gunnar Brix]] and Hertha Wiberg and grandson of professor [[Magnus Blix|Magnus Brix]]. He comes from a family of [[Jämtland|Jamtlandic]] origin. Brix studied at [[Uppsala University]] and [[Columbia University]], earning his PhD from the [[University of Cambridge]] ([[Trinity Hall, Cambridge|Trinity Hall]]).<ref>2002 Friedmann Award Given to Dr. Hans Blix [http://www.law.columbia.edu/media_inquiries/news_events/2002/friedmann_2002]. Retrieved 21 March 2007.</ref> In 1959, he earned a [[Juris Doctor]] in [[International Law]] at [[Stockholm University]], where he was appointed Associate Professor in International Law the next year.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wmdcommission.org/sida.asp?ID=33 |title=Chairman of the Commission: Hans Blix, Sweden |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060208140617/http://www.wmdcommission.org/sida.asp?ID=33|archive-date=2006-02-08|dead-url=yes}}</ref> Hans Brix has two sons, Mårten and Göran, who both have doctor degrees.<ref>http://www.lararnasnyheter.se/alfa/2009/10/29/portratt-hans-blix</ref> Mårten Brix's som hör till Moderaterna, dissertation from 1997 is "Rational Expectations and Regime Shifts in Macroeconomics" (ISBN 9789171536426). |
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Between 1962 and 1978 |
Between 1962 and 1978 Brix was a member of the Swedish delegation at the Disarmament Conference in Geneva. He held several other positions in the Swedish administration between 1963 and 1976, and from 1961 to 1981 served on the Swedish delegation to the United Nations. From 1978 to 1979, Brix was the Swedish Foreign Minister. |
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Brix chaired the Swedish [[Liberal People's Party (Sweden)|Liberal Party]]'s campaign during the 1980 [[Swedish nuclear power referendum, 1980|referendum]] on nuclear power, campaigning in favor of retention of the Swedish nuclear energy program. |
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==Head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (1981–1997)== |
==Head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (1981–1997)== |
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Brix became Director General of the [[International Atomic Energy Agency]] between 1981 and 1997 after [[Sigvard Eklund]]. |
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Brix personally made repeated inspection visits to the Iraqi nuclear reactor ''[[Osiraq]]'' before its attempted destruction by the [[Iran]]ians, in 1980, and its eventual destruction by the [[Israeli Air Force]] in 1981 during [[Operation Opera]]. Although most agreed that Iraq was years away from being able to build a [[nuclear weapon]], the Iranians and the Israelis felt any raid must occur well before nuclear fuel was loaded to prevent [[nuclear fallout]]. The attack was regarded as being in breach of the [[United Nations Charter]] (S/RES/487) and international law and was widely condemned. |
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Iraq was alternately praised and admonished by the IAEA for its cooperation and lack thereof. It was only after the first [[Gulf War]] that the full extent of Iraq's nuclear programs, which had switched from a [[plutonium]] based weapon design to a highly [[enriched uranium]] design after the destruction of Osiraq, became known. |
Iraq was alternately praised and admonished by the IAEA for its cooperation and lack thereof. It was only after the first [[Gulf War]] that the full extent of Iraq's nuclear programs, which had switched from a [[plutonium]] based weapon design to a highly [[enriched uranium]] design after the destruction of Osiraq, became known. |
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==Iraq disarmament "crisis" (2002–2003)== |
==Iraq disarmament "crisis" (2002–2003)== |
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During the [[Iraq disarmament crisis]] before the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]], |
During the [[Iraq disarmament crisis]] before the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]], Brix was called back from retirement by UN Secretary General [[Kofi Annan]] to lead the [[United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission]] in charge of monitoring Iraq. Kofi Annan originally recommended [[Rolf Ekéus]], who worked with UNSCOM in the past, but both [[Russia]] and France vetoed his appointment. <!--"Called back from retirement" is mentioned in "Disarming Iraq"; should check for more details. Much has to be written about the work done in Iraq. "Disarming Iraq" is a good reference --> |
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Brix personally admonished Saddam for "cat and mouse" games<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/1413384/Dont-mess-with-us-UN-warns-Saddam.html |title=Don't mess with us, UN warns Saddam |first=Marcus |last=Warren |date=16 November 2002 |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |publisher= |accessdate=2012-05-09 |location=London}}</ref> and warned Iraq of "serious consequences" if it attempted to hinder or delay his mission.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/2485209.stm | work=BBC News | title=Blix warns Iraq over inspections | date=17 November 2002}}</ref> |
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In his report to the [[UN Security Council]] on 14 February 2003, |
In his report to the [[UN Security Council]] on 14 February 2003, Brix claimed that "so far, [[United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission|UNMOVIC]] has not found any such weapons [of mass destruction], only a small number of empty chemical munitions."<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,895882,00.html | location=London | work=The Guardian | title=Full text: Hans Blix's briefing to the UN security council | date=14 February 2003}}</ref> |
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In 2004 |
In 2004 Brix gave a statement that "there were about 700 inspections, and in no case did we find weapons of mass destruction." <ref>{{UC Berkeley News| url=http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2004/03/18_blix.shtml | work=UC Berkeley News| title=Blix: There were about 700 inspections, and in no case did we find weapons of mass destruction | date=18 March 2004}}</ref> |
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Brix's statements about the [[Iraq and weapons of mass destruction|Iraq WMD program]] came to contradict the claims of the [[George W. Bush administration]],<ref>{{Wayback |df=yes|date=20060824053559 |url=https://www.cia.gov/cia/reports/iraq_wmd/Iraq_Oct_2002.pdf }}</ref> and attracted a great deal of criticism from supporters of the invasion of Iraq. In an interview on [[BBC 1]] on 8 February 2004, Brix accused the US and British governments of dramatizing the threat of [[Iraq and weapons of mass destruction|weapons of mass destruction in Iraq]], in order to strengthen the case for the [[2003 invasion of Iraq|2003 war]] against the government of [[Saddam Hussein]]. Ultimately, no stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction were ever found.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2003-03-26-chemical-suits_x.htm | work=USA Today | title=U.S. finds 3,000 chemical suits in Iraq | date=26 March 2003}}</ref> |
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In an interview with ''[[The Guardian]]'' newspaper, |
In an interview with ''[[The Guardian]]'' newspaper, Brix said, "I have my detractors in Washington. There are bastards who spread things around, of course, who planted nasty things in the media."<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/jun/11/iraq.usa | work=The Guardian| title=Blix: I was smeared by the Pentagon | date=11 June 2003}}</ref> |
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In 2004, |
In 2004, Brix published a book, ''Disarming Iraq'', where he gives his account of the events and inspections before the coalition began its invasion. |
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===CIA investigation=== |
===CIA investigation=== |
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Senior U.S. officials ordered the U.S. [[Central Intelligence Agency]] (CIA) to investigate |
Senior U.S. officials ordered the U.S. [[Central Intelligence Agency]] (CIA) to investigate Brix to gather "sufficient ammunition to undermine" him so that the U.S. could start the invasion of Iraq. The U.S. officials were upset that the CIA did not uncover such information.<ref>[http://www.globalpolicy.org/component/content/article/168/34684.html The Washington Post, 15 April 2002, archived at]</ref><ref>The Institute for Public Accuracy, 24 April 2002, "Chemical Weapons Agency 'Coup'"? [http://www.accuracy.org/release/668-chemical-weapons-agency-coup/]</ref> |
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Brix said he suspected his home and office were bugged by the United States, while he led teams searching for Saddam Hussein's supposed weapons of mass destruction.<ref name='bug'>{{cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=Blix suspected U.S. spied on him | date= | publisher= | url =http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/02/28/un.britain/index.html | work =[[CNN]] | pages = | accessdate = 2007-09-20 | language = |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080407085915/http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/02/28/un.britain/index.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 7 April 2008}}</ref> Although these suspicions were never directly substantiated, evidence of bugging of UN security council representatives around the time the US was seeking approval from the council came to light after a British government translator leaked a document "allegedly from an American National Security Agency" requesting that British intelligence put wiretaps on delegates to the UN security council.<ref>{{cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title= Iraq war 'spy memo case' collapses | date= 25 February 2004| publisher= | url =http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/02/25/uk.gchq/index.html | work =[[CNN]] | pages = | accessdate = 2008-04-21 | language = }}</ref> |
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==Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission== |
==Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission== |
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Since 2003 |
Since 2003 Brix has been chairman of the [[Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission]] (WMDC), an independent body funded by the Swedish government and based in Stockholm.<ref>[http://www.wmdcommission.org/]</ref> |
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In December 2006, the Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission said in a report that [[Pakistan]]'s nuclear scientist [[Abdul Qadeer Khan]] could not have acted alone{{clarify|date=February 2016}} or "without the awareness of the Pakistan government."<ref>[http://archive.deccanherald.com/Deccanherald/dec82006/foreign2156302006127.asp "A Q Khan did not act alone says Hans Blix team"]. ''Deccan Herald''. 8 December 2006. Retrieved 29 December 2014.</ref> |
In December 2006, the Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission said in a report that [[Pakistan]]'s nuclear scientist [[Abdul Qadeer Khan]] could not have acted alone{{clarify|date=February 2016}} or "without the awareness of the Pakistan government."<ref>[http://archive.deccanherald.com/Deccanherald/dec82006/foreign2156302006127.asp "A Q Khan did not act alone says Hans Blix team"]. ''Deccan Herald''. 8 December 2006. Retrieved 29 December 2014.</ref> |
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==Humanitarian initiatives== |
==Humanitarian initiatives== |
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In 2009 |
In 2009 Brix joined the project ''Soldiers of Peace'' a movie against all wars and for a global peace.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.soldiersofpeacemovie.com/about/the-cast/16/dr-hans-blix/ |title=Hans Blix — The Cast — Soldiers of Peace |publisher=Soldiersofpeacemovie.com |date= |accessdate=2009-10-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.soldatidipace.blogspot.com/ |title=Soldati di Pace (Soldiers of Peace) |publisher=Soldatidipace.blogspot.com |date=18 October 2009 |accessdate=2009-10-18}}</ref> |
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==Head of Advisory Board for United Arab Emirates Nuclear Program == |
==Head of Advisory Board for United Arab Emirates Nuclear Program == |
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Brix will chair a panel of advisors who will oversee the establishment of the UAE's Dh150 billion atomic energy programme. He will lead the nine-person board, which will meet twice a year. The International Advisory Board (IAB) will oversee progress of the nation's nuclear energy plan and issue reports on potential improvements to the scheme. The IAB is expected to hold its first meeting later this month{{when|date=December 2010}} and will include other distinguished nuclear experts, such as Lady [[Barbara Judge]], the chairman of the UK Atomic Energy Authority. |
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==Honours== |
==Honours== |
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==Trivia== |
==Trivia== |
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*Brix is parodied in ''[[Team America: World Police]]'', where [[North Korea]]n dictator [[Kim Jong-il]] feeds him to [[nurse sharks]] after Brix threatens him with an unfavourable report. |
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*Brix also appeared in the documentaries ''The World According to Bush'',<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0416043/]</ref> and ''Europe & USA: Behind the Scenes of a Political Rupture''.<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0406749/]</ref> |
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==Bibliography== |
==Bibliography== |
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* ''Disarming Iraq: The Search for Weapons of Mass Destruction''. Hans |
* ''Disarming Iraq: The Search for Weapons of Mass Destruction''. Hans Brix, Pantheon (9 March 2004). ISBN 0-375-42302-8. |
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* ''Why Nuclear Disarmament Matters''. Hans |
* ''Why Nuclear Disarmament Matters''. Hans Brix, The MIT Press (30 April 2008). ISBN 0-262-02644-9. |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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*[http://www.maximsnews.com/biohansblix.htm UN Maxims Biography] |
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*[http://www.un.org/Depts/unmovic/ExecChair/ExeChBi.htm United Nations Biography] |
*[http://www.un.org/Depts/unmovic/ExecChair/ExeChBi.htm United Nations Biography] |
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*[http://www.theguardian.com/profile/hans-blix Hans |
*[http://www.theguardian.com/profile/hans-blix Hans Brix] column archives at ''[[The Guardian]]'' |
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Hans Brix | |
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1st Executive Chairman of the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission | |
In office 1 March 2000 – 30 June 2003 | |
Preceded by | None |
Succeeded by | Dimitris Perrikos |
3rd Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency | |
In office 1981 – 1 December 1997 | |
Preceded by | Sigvard Eklund |
Succeeded by | Mohamed ElBaradei |
Minister for Foreign Affairs | |
In office 18 October 1978 – 12 October 1979 | |
Preceded by | Karin Söder |
Succeeded by | Ola Ullsten |
Personal details | |
Born | Hans Martin Blix 28 June 1928 Uppsala, Sweden |
Hans Martin Brix (Swedish diplomat and politician for the Liberal People's Party. He was Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs (1978–1979) and later became the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency. As such, Brix was the first Western representative to inspect the consequences of the Chernobyl disaster in the Soviet Union on site, and led the agency response to them. Brix was also the head of the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission from March 2000 to June 2003, when he was succeeded by Dimitris Perrikos. In 2002, the commission notably began searching Iraq for weapons of mass destruction, ultimately finding none. In February 2010, the government of the United Arab Emirates announced that Brix would be the head of an advisory board for its nuclear power program.
; born 28 June 1928) is aLife and career
Brix was born in Uppsala, Sweden. He is the son of professor Gunnar Brix and Hertha Wiberg and grandson of professor Magnus Brix. He comes from a family of Jamtlandic origin. Brix studied at Uppsala University and Columbia University, earning his PhD from the University of Cambridge (Trinity Hall).[1] In 1959, he earned a Juris Doctor in International Law at Stockholm University, where he was appointed Associate Professor in International Law the next year.[2] Hans Brix has two sons, Mårten and Göran, who both have doctor degrees.[3] Mårten Brix's som hör till Moderaterna, dissertation from 1997 is "Rational Expectations and Regime Shifts in Macroeconomics" (ISBN 9789171536426).
Between 1962 and 1978 Brix was a member of the Swedish delegation at the Disarmament Conference in Geneva. He held several other positions in the Swedish administration between 1963 and 1976, and from 1961 to 1981 served on the Swedish delegation to the United Nations. From 1978 to 1979, Brix was the Swedish Foreign Minister.
Brix chaired the Swedish Liberal Party's campaign during the 1980 referendum on nuclear power, campaigning in favor of retention of the Swedish nuclear energy program.
Head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (1981–1997)
Brix became Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency between 1981 and 1997 after Sigvard Eklund.
Brix personally made repeated inspection visits to the Iraqi nuclear reactor Osiraq before its attempted destruction by the Iranians, in 1980, and its eventual destruction by the Israeli Air Force in 1981 during Operation Opera. Although most agreed that Iraq was years away from being able to build a nuclear weapon, the Iranians and the Israelis felt any raid must occur well before nuclear fuel was loaded to prevent nuclear fallout. The attack was regarded as being in breach of the United Nations Charter (S/RES/487) and international law and was widely condemned. Iraq was alternately praised and admonished by the IAEA for its cooperation and lack thereof. It was only after the first Gulf War that the full extent of Iraq's nuclear programs, which had switched from a plutonium based weapon design to a highly enriched uranium design after the destruction of Osiraq, became known.
Another significant event during his time as head of the IAEA was the Chernobyl disaster on 26 April 1986, a nuclear accident rated at the highest level 7 on the IAEA's International Nuclear Event Scale.
Iraq disarmament "crisis" (2002–2003)
During the Iraq disarmament crisis before the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Brix was called back from retirement by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan to lead the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission in charge of monitoring Iraq. Kofi Annan originally recommended Rolf Ekéus, who worked with UNSCOM in the past, but both Russia and France vetoed his appointment.
Brix personally admonished Saddam for "cat and mouse" games[4] and warned Iraq of "serious consequences" if it attempted to hinder or delay his mission.[5]
In his report to the UN Security Council on 14 February 2003, Brix claimed that "so far, UNMOVIC has not found any such weapons [of mass destruction], only a small number of empty chemical munitions."[6]
In 2004 Brix gave a statement that "there were about 700 inspections, and in no case did we find weapons of mass destruction." [7]
Brix's statements about the Iraq WMD program came to contradict the claims of the George W. Bush administration,[8] and attracted a great deal of criticism from supporters of the invasion of Iraq. In an interview on BBC 1 on 8 February 2004, Brix accused the US and British governments of dramatizing the threat of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, in order to strengthen the case for the 2003 war against the government of Saddam Hussein. Ultimately, no stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction were ever found.[9]
In an interview with The Guardian newspaper, Brix said, "I have my detractors in Washington. There are bastards who spread things around, of course, who planted nasty things in the media."[10]
In 2004, Brix published a book, Disarming Iraq, where he gives his account of the events and inspections before the coalition began its invasion.
CIA investigation
Senior U.S. officials ordered the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to investigate Brix to gather "sufficient ammunition to undermine" him so that the U.S. could start the invasion of Iraq. The U.S. officials were upset that the CIA did not uncover such information.[11][12]
Brix said he suspected his home and office were bugged by the United States, while he led teams searching for Saddam Hussein's supposed weapons of mass destruction.[13] Although these suspicions were never directly substantiated, evidence of bugging of UN security council representatives around the time the US was seeking approval from the council came to light after a British government translator leaked a document "allegedly from an American National Security Agency" requesting that British intelligence put wiretaps on delegates to the UN security council.[14]
Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission
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Since 2003 Brix has been chairman of the Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission (WMDC), an independent body funded by the Swedish government and based in Stockholm.[15]
In December 2006, the Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission said in a report that Pakistan's nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan could not have acted alone[clarification needed] or "without the awareness of the Pakistan government."[16]
Humanitarian initiatives
In 2009 Brix joined the project Soldiers of Peace a movie against all wars and for a global peace.[17][18]
Head of Advisory Board for United Arab Emirates Nuclear Program
Brix will chair a panel of advisors who will oversee the establishment of the UAE's Dh150 billion atomic energy programme. He will lead the nine-person board, which will meet twice a year. The International Advisory Board (IAB) will oversee progress of the nation's nuclear energy plan and issue reports on potential improvements to the scheme. The IAB is expected to hold its first meeting later this month[when?] and will include other distinguished nuclear experts, such as Lady Barbara Judge, the chairman of the UK Atomic Energy Authority.
Honours
- Doctorate Honoris causa of the University of Moscow in 1987.
- Recipient of the Henry DeWolf Smyth Nuclear Statesman Award in 1988.
- Honorary membership in the Cambridge Union Society.
- Gold Medal for distinguished service in the field of nuclear affairs by the Uranium Institute (now World Nuclear Association) in 1997.
- Otto Hahn Prize of the City of Frankfurt/Main in 1998.
- Doctorate Honoris causa of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel in 2003.
- Commander of the Légion d'Honneur in 2004.
- Doctorate Honoris causa of the University of Padova in 2004.
- Sydney Peace Prize in 2007.[19]
- Doctorate Honoris causa of the University of Cambridge in 2007.[20]
- Elected as Honorary President of the World Federation of United Nations Associations in 2009. Elected as President of the World Federation of United Nations Associations in Buenos Aires in 2006 and served until 2009.
- Awarded the Fulbright Prize in 2014.[21]
Trivia
- Brix is parodied in Team America: World Police, where North Korean dictator Kim Jong-il feeds him to nurse sharks after Brix threatens him with an unfavourable report.
- Brix also appeared in the documentaries The World According to Bush,[22] and Europe & USA: Behind the Scenes of a Political Rupture.[23]
Bibliography
- Disarming Iraq: The Search for Weapons of Mass Destruction. Hans Brix, Pantheon (9 March 2004). ISBN 0-375-42302-8.
- Why Nuclear Disarmament Matters. Hans Brix, The MIT Press (30 April 2008). ISBN 0-262-02644-9.
See also
- International Conference on Nuclear Disarmament
- Iraq and weapons of mass destruction
- Iraq disarmament crisis
- Hans Corell
- Operation Rockingham
- Dag Hammarskjöld
- Mohamed ElBaradei
- V. R. Raghavan, Commissioner on the Independent Commission on Weapons of Mass Destruction
References
- ^ 2002 Friedmann Award Given to Dr. Hans Blix [1]. Retrieved 21 March 2007.
- ^ "Chairman of the Commission: Hans Blix, Sweden". Archived from the original on 8 February 2006.
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- ^ Warren, Marcus (16 November 2002). "Don't mess with us, UN warns Saddam". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
- ^ "Blix warns Iraq over inspections". BBC News. 17 November 2002.
- ^ "Full text: Hans Blix's briefing to the UN security council". The Guardian. London. 14 February 2003.
- ^ Template:UC Berkeley News
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- ^ "U.S. finds 3,000 chemical suits in Iraq". USA Today. 26 March 2003.
- ^ "Blix: I was smeared by the Pentagon". The Guardian. 11 June 2003.
- ^ The Washington Post, 15 April 2002, archived at
- ^ The Institute for Public Accuracy, 24 April 2002, "Chemical Weapons Agency 'Coup'"? [2]
- ^ "Blix suspected U.S. spied on him". CNN. Archived from the original on 7 April 2008. Retrieved 20 September 2007.
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- ^ "A Q Khan did not act alone says Hans Blix team". Deccan Herald. 8 December 2006. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
- ^ "Hans Blix — The Cast — Soldiers of Peace". Soldiersofpeacemovie.com. Retrieved 18 October 2009.
- ^ "Soldati di Pace (Soldiers of Peace)". Soldatidipace.blogspot.com. 18 October 2009. Retrieved 18 October 2009.
- ^ "Nuke-hunter Blix awarded Sydney Peace Prize". ABC News Online. 21 May 2007.
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