Japhet William Graham Eichel is UN Women’s Climate, Peace and Security (CPS) Specialist for Asia and the Pacific. Previously with the UN’s Department for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and the UN Climate Security Mechanism at UN Headquarters in New York, he advised Security-Council members and field missions, co-authored UNAMA’s first CPS report and supported civil society and regional organizations on CPS. A former Danish naval and army officer, Mr. Eichel has deployed to Afghanistan where he worked with the Afghan National Army as well as creating gender-sensitive security-sector reforms. In the Middle East Mr. Eichel has served as a UN Peacekeeper, worked in the Danish National Police on conflict prevention and served as a consultant for UNODC’s East Africa division on transboundary crime and human rights. He has an academic background in International Climate Policies and Conflict Resolution.
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