Mediators

Ambassador  Eynat  Shlein  is  an  Israeli  diplomat  and  a  senior  analyst.  Born  and  raised  in  Israel,  she  joined  the  Foreign  Service  as  a  career  diplomat  in  1992,  specializing  in  the  Middle  East  region, the Israeli-Arab  relations  and  American  affairs, and promoting  dialog  and  understanding  in  the  region.  She  was  posted in Jordan (twice), in Washington DC, in Boston, and in the Israeli Foreign Ministry  holding several senior positions, including ambassador  (2015-2017), and deputy  head  of  the  Policy  Research  Center  and  director  of  Maghreb,  Syria  and  Lebanon  affairs  department.  She  holds  a  Master’s degree  in  Public Administration (2000) from the Kennedy  School  of  Government at Harvard  University, with a major in Negotiation and Conflict Resolution. She also holds a Bachelor  degree  in  Middle  Eastern  History,  magna  cum  laude  (1991) from the Tel  Aviv  University, Israel.

Laura Bologna is a Political Affairs Officer at the Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA) at UNHQ in New York since 2000, after having served in the diplomatic service at the Permanent Mission of San Marino to the Council of Europe in Strasbourg where she focused on human rights and gender. Laura is part of the Network as Member from the Mediterranean region and can contribute thanks to her extensive and direct experience in mediation processes as well as her wide network of contacts in the region and in Africa. She brings over 20 years of experience in diplomacy, international relations in the field of peace and security, intergovernmental processes, conflict prevention, mediation, elections and gender. For several years, she focused on Africa, in particular the Great Lakes region, Eastern and Southern Africa and Sudan. She served in UN peace operations including Nepal in 2007, in Sudan in the Office of the Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel for the Sudan Referenda in 2011, and in Nicosia in the Office of the Secretary-General’s Special Adviser on Cyprus where she assisted during the negotiations in 2016. Over the last few years, she focused on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the relative peace process. She has extensive knowledge on UNSR 1325 and women peace and security issues as well as gender parity. She holds a master degree in Political Science and International Affairs from the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan.