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adding more biographical content to current start-class article

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I propose to add more biographical content to this article, initially by compiling, here, an annotated chronology from which content can be generated

  • 19250918 born on the island of Crete (IWIGIA 2008:2)
  • studied law, economics and political sciences and received a Ph.D from the School of Law (IWIGIA 2008:2)
  • two doctorates honoriscausa from the universities of Saskatchewan-Canada and Tromsø-Norway (IWIGIA 2008:2)
  • during the Second World War, she contributed to the resistance movement against the Nazis in Crete and earned recognition as a “freedom fighter” from the Greek Ministry of Defence and the Middle East Allied Forces (IWIGIA 2008:2)
  • 1959-1962 Greece’s representative to the Social Committee of the Council of Europe (IWIGIA 2008:2)
  • Greece's representative to the Third, Fourth and Fifth Committees of many sessions of the United Nations General Assembly (IWIGIA 2008:2)
  • Greece’s representative to ECOSOC and UNESCO (IWIGIA 2008:2)
  • 1984 to 2001 Chairperson Rapporteur of the United Nations Working Group on Indigenous Populations (IWIGIA 2008:2)
  • principal drafter of the United Nations Declarationon the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.(IWIGIA 2008:2)
  • 1990, was elected member, then later Vice-chairperson and Chairperson, of the Joint Inspection Unit of the UN System (IWIGIA 2008:2)
  • elected as an individual expert to the Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights and served as its Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson, member and Special Rapporteur for more than 25 years (IWIGIA 2008:2)
  • 1993 recipient of the United Nations “Human Rights Award” for outstanding services in the field of human rights
  • 2002 for her pioneering work and outstanding contribution to the promotion and protection of human rights the Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights conferred on her the title of Honorary Life Member of the UN Working Group on Indigenous Populations (IWIGIA 2008:2)
  • an honorary member of the Thessaloniki Institute of International Public Law and International Relations (IWIGIA 2008:2)
  • 2008 honored by the Thessaloniki University of Macedonia International Student Model United Nations (Thess.ISMUN) (IWIGIA 2008:2)
  • awarded the “Commander of the Order of the Phoenix” by the President of the Hellenic Republic.(IWIGIA 2008:2)