About Hans Blix
Hans Martin Blix is a Swedish diplomat and politician for the Liberal People's Party. He was Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs (1978–1979) and later became the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency. Blix was the first Western representative to inspect the consequences of the Chernobyl disaster in the Soviet Union on-site and led the agency's response to them. Blix was also the head of the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission from March 2000 to June 2003, when he was succeeded by Dimitris Perrikos. In 2002, the commission began searching Iraq for weapons of mass destruction, ultimately finding none. On 17 March 2003, U.S. President George W. Bush delivered an address from the White House announcing that within 48 hours, the United States would invade Iraq unless Saddam Hussein would leave. Bush then ordered all of the weapons inspectors, including Blix's team, to leave Iraq so that America and its allies could invade Iraq on 20 March. In February 2010, Blix became head of the United Arab Emirates' advisory board for its nuclear power program. He is the former president of the World Federation of United Nations Associations.
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Awards & Honors
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Olof Palme Prize
Peace Prize of Hesse
Leibniz-Ring-Hannover
Sydney Peace Prize
H. M. The King's Medal
Seraphim Medal
Illis quorum
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James Joyce Awards
Sergio Vieira de Mello Citizen of the World
International Swede of the Year
J. William Fulbright Prize
Commander of the Legion of Honour
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
Decoration of Honour in Gold for Services to the State of Vienna
Otto-Hahn Prize of the City of Frankfurt am Main
honorary doctor of Royal Institute of Technology
honorary doctorate from the University of Cambridge
honorary doctor of the University of Gothenburg
Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 3rd class
honorary doctorate of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel
