Wendy Jean Chamberlin (born 12 August 1948) is a veteran diplomat who has served in the

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and

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, worked for the UN High Commissioner on Refugees (

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), and served as President of the

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until 2018.

Career

US Department of State

* 1975 – Foreign Service officer * Various offices: **Office of Israel and Arab-Israeli Affairs **Acting Director of Regional Affairs **Director of Press and Public Affairs in the Near Eastern Affairs Bureau ** Special Assistant for South Asian Affairs to the Under Secretary for Political Affairs ** Staff worker for Deputy Secretary of State and Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian Affairs * 1993 – 1996 – Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in

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. * 1996 – 1999 – Ambassador to

Laos Laos (, ''Lāo'' )), officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic ( Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ, French: République démocratique populaire lao), is a socialist ...

(Lao People's Democratic Republic). * 1999 – July, 2001 – Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in th
Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL)
* July 18, 2001 – June, 2002 –

United States Ambassador to Pakistan The U.S. embassy in Karachi was established August 15, 1947 with Edward W. Holmes as Chargé d'Affaires ''ad interim'', pending the appointment of an ambassador. The first ambassador, Paul H. Alling, was appointed on September 20, 1947. Anne W. P ...

USAID

* December 2, 2002 – Appointed Assistant Administrator. Served as head of the USAID Asia and Near East Bureau.Wendy Chamberlin Sworn in as Head of USAID's Asia and Near East Bureau
USAID * December 22, 2003 – Ends tenure with USAID to move to UNHCR.
USAID

UN High Commissioner on Refugees (UNHCR)

* December 12, 2003 – Appointed as Deputy High Commissioner on Refugees by High Commissioner for Refugees

Ruud Lubbers Rudolphus Franciscus Marie "Ruud" Lubbers (; 7 May 1939 – 14 February 2018) was a Dutch politician, diplomat and businessman who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1982 to 1994, and as United Nations High Commissioner for Re ...

.Wendy Chamberlin appointed Deputy High Commissioner
UNHCR * January 19, 2004 – Officially welcomed as Deputy High Commissioner.
UNHCR * February 24 – June 2, 2005 – Appointed as acting High Commissioner on the retirement of Ruud Lubbers. Served until the appointment of former Portuguese Prime Minister

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.High Commissioner Lubbers departs UNHCR
UNHCR * February 25, 2005 – Called for donations and humanitarian aid to prevent suffering in South

Sudan Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...

.Chamberlin urges quick donor response to avoid further human misery in South Sudan
UNHCR * April 1–22, 2005 – Toured refugee camps in Sudan and Chad, where women expressed their fears of returning home. She urged Sudan to protect its own citizens.
UNHCR * April 25, 2005 – Speaking from Geneva, she emphasized the need for funding and to bring security to the war-torn region of Darfur in Sudan.
UNHCR * June 22, 2005 – Presented the

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to Marguerite "Maggie" Barankitse, known as the "Angel of Burundi."Statement by Wendy Chamberlin, United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees, at the 2005 Nansen Refugee Award, Brussels, June 22, 2005
UNHCR * April 16–21, 2006 – Traveled to Pakistan to view earthquake survivors and Afghan refuge camps.Quake survivors share concerns, hopes with UNHCR deputy chief
UNHCR
UNHCR * December 18, 2006 – Visits refugee camps in Kenya where Somalis have fled both war and flooding.
UNHCR

Middle East Institute

* March 1, 2007 – Assumes presidency of the

.Ambassador Wendy Chamberlin Named New President of the Middle East Institute
Middle East Institute

References

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