Altes, Edy Korthals

Edy Korthals Altes is a former Dutch diplomat, with a degree in economics, who served as Deputy Permanent Representative at the European Ecumenical Commission (EEC) in Brussels, and as Ambassador in Warsaw, and finally Madrid. He resigned in 1986, in connection with his public stance on the arms race. Since then, he has been an outspoken proponent of global peace and security, inter-religious cooperation, and had a spiritual renewal as Vice Chairman of the Dutch chapter of the Pugwash Movement (1987-’95), Chairman of the Section International Affairs of the Netherlands Council of Churches (1990-’96), Co-president, EECOD (European Ecumenical Commission on Development, 1991-’93), Member, EKD Advisory Commission for Development Affairs (1992-’97, Germany) and President of the World Conference of Religions for Peace (1994-’99), Honorary president 1999-2004. He is currently a Fellow of the World Academy of Art and Science.