Wendy Chamberlin

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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 Kuala Lumpur
  Kuala Lumpur
  
  Kuala Lumpur , is the largest city of Malaysia. The city proper, making up an area of , has an estimated population of 1.6 million in 2006. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million....
  , Malaysia
  Malaysia
  
  Malaysia is a federation that consists of States of Malaysia in Southeast Asia with a total landmass of . The capital city is Kuala Lumpur, while Putrajaya is the seat of the federal government....
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• 1996 - 1999 - Ambassador to Laos
  Laos
  
  Laos , officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic, is a landlocked country in southeast Asia, bordered by Burma and People's Republic of China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the south, and Thailand to the west....
   (Lao People's Democratic Republic).

• 1999 - July, 2001 - Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the

• July 18, 2001 - June, 2002 - Ambassador to Pakistan
  Pakistan
  
  Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia and borders Central Asia and the Middle East. It has a 1,046 kilometre coastline along the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman in the south, and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and People's Republic of China in th...
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USAID

• December 2, 2002 - Appointed Assistant Administrator. Served as head of the USAID Asia and Near East Bureau.

• December 22, 2003 - Ends tenure with USAID to move to UNHCR.

UN High Commissioner on Refugees (UNHCR)

• December 12, 2003 - Appointed as Deputy High Commissioner on Refugees by High Commissioner for Refugees Ruud Lubbers
  Ruud Lubbers
  
  'Rudolphus Franciscus Marie Lubbers' or was Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1982 – 1994. A political conservative, Lubbers was regarded by many during his time in office as an ideological heir to Margaret Thatcher; one of his campaign slogans was: "meer markt, minder overheid" ....
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• January 19, 2004 - Officially welcomed as Deputy High Commissioner.

• 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 António Guterres
  António Guterres
  
  Ant?nio Manuel de Oliveira Guterres, Order of Christ is a Portugal politician, a former List of Prime Ministers of Portugal and President of the Socialist International....
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• February 25, 2005 - Called for donations and humanitarian aid to prevent suffering in South Sudan
  Sudan
  
  Sudan is a country in northeastern Africa. It is the largest in the African continent and the Arab World, and List of countries and outlying territories by total area by area....
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• April 1 - April 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.

• 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.

• June 22, 2005 - Presented the Nansen Refugee Award
  Nansen Refugee Award
  
  The Nansen Refugee Award formerly known as the Nansen Medal is given annually by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to individuals or groups in recognition of outstanding service to the cause of refugees....
   to Marguerite "Maggie" Barankitse
  Marguerite Barankitse
  
  Marguerite Barankitse is a Burundian humanitarian. Barankitse began providing food and shelter to 25 children on October 25 1993, one of the worst days of the Burundi Civil War....
  , known as the "Angel of Burundi."

• April 16 - April 21, 2006 - Traveled to Pakistan to view earthquake survivors and Afghan refuge camps.

• December 18, 2006 - Visits refugee camps in Kenya where Somalis have fled both war and flooding.

Middle East Institute

• March 1, 2007 - Assumes presidency of the Middle East Institute
  Middle East Institute
  
  The Middle East Institute is a 501 non-profit organization founded in 1946 by Middle East scholar George Camp Keiser and former Secretary of State Christian Herter....
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