Geir Otto Pedersen (born 28 September 1955)[1] is a Norwegian diplomat, who is currently the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria.

In 1993, Pedersen was a member of the Norwegian team to the Oslo negotiations, which led to the signing of the Declaration of Principles and mutual recognition between the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and Israel.

He also served the United Nations as Director of the Asia and Pacific Division in the Department of Political Affairs.

He returned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as deputy under-secretary of state, then served as Norway's ambassador to the United Nations from 2012 to 2017 and to China from 2017 to 2018.

[3] In October and November 2024 Abir Haj Ibrahim was assisting Pedersen in briefing the United Nations Security Council on the situation in Syria as a result of the war between Israel and Hamas.