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Archie worked with the Department of PeaceKeeping Operations at UN Headquarters in New York from 2002 until 2004. Initially he worked in the field of policy coordination and then worked on the UN's response to the humanitarian emergency caused by war in Iraq in 2003.
United Nations Headquarters (New York)

OBJECTIVE

Archie was recruited by the UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS) to develop some critical policies for peacekeeping settings and was later requested to lead the development of a UN mine action programme in Iraq.

OUTCOMES

  • Archie worked on policy development at UN Headquarters which included drafting the initial Guidelines for the Inclusion of Mine Action in Ceasefires and Peace Agreements which were approved by the UN Inter Agency Coordination Group on Mine Action.
  • Archie traveled through the Middle East in early 2003 supporting governments with their planning for possible major refugee outflows resulting in conflict from Iraq. He then coordinated UN agencies and NGOs working in the field of mine action to develop the UN Flash Appeal for Iraq which led to over AUD 60 million being committed by donor governments for mine action efforts.
  • After the initial phase of the war in Iraq ended in mid-2003, Archie was appointed as Task Manager for the UNDP/World Bank Post Conflict Needs Assessment for the Reconstruction of Iraq. This was the first time that the UN and the World Bank had worked together on such an assessment. The assessment was presented to the Donor Conference on Iraq which was held in Madrid in October 2003. Archie’s contribution was acknowledged by the Administrator of UNDP, Lord Mark Malloch-Brown KCMG PC.