on which post he later returned at the beginning of 2008. In September 2003, Petritsch, as Austria's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office at Geneva, to the WTO and to the Conference on Disarmament; he was appointed President of the Ottawa Treaty's First Review Conference, or Nairobi Summit on a Mine Free World taking place in Kenya in 2004. In 2004–2005 he chaired the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and was in charge of its reform. After leaving Geneva, Petritsch went to Paris as Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Austria to the OECD until 2013. Since November 2021 Petritsch is part of the advisory board of the Austrian Service Abroad. Other positions From 2005 to 2014 Petritsch chaired the Center for European Integration Studies (CEIS) in Geneva. Since 2007 he is President of the Paul Lazarsfeld Gesellschaft, Vienna From 2008 to 2013 he served as chair of the Board of the European Cultural Foundation in Amsterdam. Since 2009 he is President of the Herbert Kelman Institute, Vienna. From 2010 to 2013 he was Member of the Senior Advisory Group on the International Dialogue on Peacebuilding and Statebuilding (g7+), in Paris. Later he was appointed Joseph A. Schumpeter Fellow at Harvard University. He still serves as the President of the Austrian Marshall Plan Foundation. Works 1999: Kosovo: Mythen, Daten, Fakten = Kosova, gemeinsam mit Karl Kaser und Robert Pichler, Wieser-Verlag, Klagenfurt 1999, 2008: Das Kreisky-Prinzip: im Mittelpunkt der Mensch, gemeinsam mit Margaretha Kopeinig, Czernin-Verlag, Wien 2008, 2009: Zielpunkt Europa: von den Schluchten des Balkan und den Mühen der Ebene ; Aufsätze – Reden – Kommentare – Interviews – Dokumente, 2001–2009, Wieser-Verlag, Klagenfurt 2009, 2010: Die europäische Chance: Neustart nach der Krise, gemeinsam mit Margaretha Kopeinig, Verlag Kremayr & Scheriau, Wien 2010, 2010: Bruno Kreisky: die Biografie, Residenz-Verlag, St. Pölten/Salzburg 2010, 2018: Epochenwechsel: unser digital-autoritäres Jahrhundert, Christian Brandstätter Verlag, Wien 2018, Further reading References External links Office of the High Representative 1947 births Living people Diplomats from Klagenfurt Carinthian Slovenes High Representatives for Bosnia and Herzegovina Austrian people of Slovenian descent Ambassadors of Austria to Yugoslavia Permanent Representatives of Austria to the United Nations Marietta and Friedrich Torberg Medal recipients Austrian officials of the European Union