Nina Suomalainen appointed as Deputy Head of Mission in OSCE Field  Operations Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina

Press release 75/2012
30 March 2012

Master of Political Science Nina Suomalainen has been appointed as Deputy Head of Mission in OSCE Field Operations Mission to Bosnia and  Herzegovina as of 8 May. The main task of the mission is to assist  Bosnia and Herzegovina in meeting its OSCE commitments and progressing  towards security and stability through OSCE's Dimensions of  Political-Military, Economic and Environmental and Human.

The mission has personnel of over 500, and the Head of Mission is Fletcher M Burton from the U.S.A.

Suomalainen has extensive international work experience from several  tasks in the EU, the UN and OSCE since 1993. Her tasks include working  at the UN Development Programme (UNDP) office in Latvia, as an Advisor  to the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, in the OSCE Field  Operations Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina and at the OSCE Office for  Democratic Institutions and Human Rights in Warsaw. Suomalainen has also  worked as a Special Advisor to Elisabeth Rehn in tasks related to the  Balkans and Palestine and as a Team Leader in Human Rights Assessment in  Rwanda. For the previous years, she has worked for Finn Church Aid as  Senior Advisor.

Further information: Ambassador Timo Kantola, Permanent Mission of  Finland to The OSCE, Vienna, tel. +43 676 848 350350, Nina Suomalainen,  tel. +358 40 533 5869