A former Finnish Minister of Education and Minister of Foreign Affairs, then Secretary General of the IFRC, Pär Stenbäck specialises in crisis management. A founding board member of the International Crisis Group, he monitored humanitarian agreements in Israel and Palestine. He was also a member of the Inter-Faith Action for Peace in Africa (IFAPA).
Distinctions
- Order of the Lion of Finland (2009)
- Henry Dunant Medal, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (2009)
- Finland Prize from the Swedish Academy (2012)
Commitments
2017
- Participation in the signing of the memorandum of understanding on the creation of the Congo Basin Blue Fund, in Oyo, Republic of Congo