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He has an Honorary Doctorate from Moscow State University, is a recipient of the Henry de Wolf Smyth Award and of the Swedish Olof Palme Award.

He became Doctor of Laws at the Stockholm University in 1959 and was appointed Associate Professor in International Law in 1960.

He served as Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency from 1981 to 1997.

His father was a professor of chemistry.

Enjoys reading Joseph Conrad and listening to the music of Mozart and Louis Armstrong.

Was the Swedish Minister of Foreign Affairs in the short-lived Liberal government of 1978-1979.

Named as chairman of the newly formed International Commission on Weapons of Mass Destruction, which began its work in January 2004. The purpose of the commission is to find new ways to achieve the disarming and non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. (July 2003)