Pasi Patokallio
Pasi Patokallio (born 29 September 1949[1]) is a Finnish diplomat. He has served as the Ambassador of Finland to Israel, Canada and Australia, and led Finland's campaign for a seat on the United Nations Security Council in 2012.[2]
An expert on arms proliferation, Patokallio served as the Director for Arms Control and Disarmament at the Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs,[2] the Chairperson of the 2nd Biennial Meeting of States for the United Nations Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms,[3][4] the Chairman of the Nuclear Suppliers Group[1] and the Chair of two sessions of the Preparatory Committee of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.[5][1] Patokallio was a candidate to head the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) weapons inspection organisation in Iraq,[6] a role that eventually went to Swedish diplomat Hans Blix.
He is also a noted critic of the Ottawa Treaty banning anti-personnel mines, which Finland joined in 2012 during the presidency of Tarja Halonen.[7] Patokallio argues that given Finland's lengthy border with Russia, unilaterally signing the treaty when Russia did not caused “irreparable harm” to Finland's defence posture.[8]
References
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- ^ a b "New Heads of Mission to Canberra and Nicosia". Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
- ^ "UNIVERSAL ACTION NEEDED TO HALT ILLEGAL PROLIFERATION OF SMALL ARMS AND LIGHT WEAPONS, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL AS HE OPENS MEETING OF STATES PARTIES | Meetings Coverage and Press Releases". www.un.org.
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- ^ "Enhanced NPT Review Process Gets Underway at First PrepCom Session | Arms Control Association". www.armscontrol.org.
- ^ "UN split over Iraq arms inspector". 19 January 2000.
- ^ Viljakainen, Miika (January 2, 2018). "Kanava: Ex-suurlähettiläs ripittää Halosta ja Tuomiojaa jalkaväkimiinoista luopumisesta: "Heikensi merkittävästi Suomen puolustusta"". Ilta-Sanomat.
- ^ "Entinen suurlähettiläs tyrmää Halosen-Tuomiojan linjan: miinakielto aiheutti korvaamatonta vahinkoa". January 1, 2018.