Robert Mood

[3] His family enjoyed outdoor activities such as sailing, hunting, and mountain hiking,[2] and he has stated a wish of being able to live on an old sailboat, immersing himself in that lifestyle, after he retires.

He was operations officer with the Norwegian Battalion in the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) during the Lebanese Civil War, which ended in 1990.

[16][17] Serving as Head of Mission and Force Commander at Assistant Secretary General level in the UN, he was UNTSO chief until February 2011, holding offices in Beirut, Damascus, Cairo and Jerusalem (also covering Amman).

FVT has been commissioned to implement improvements and fill the role as advisor and spokesperson for veteran affairs to the Chief of Defence of Norway.

[citation needed] Mood was promoted lieutenant general and made chief of the Military Mission in Brussels in January 2014.

Mood was present at a meeting in the Security Council on 23 April, but neither the UN Secretary General's deputy spokesman nor the US ambassador would give details on his status vis-à-vis the UN.

In mid-June the violence had increased again to a level that, according to Mood, made it impossible for UNSMIS to carry out its mandated tasks and operations were frozen.

The UN Security Council decided in July not to extend the mandate of UNSMIS beyond a final 30 days and Mood left Syria.

[citation needed] Mood has expressed a personal infatuation with both Damascus and Syria, where he has spent much time during his 2009–2011 leadership of UNTSO, accompanied by his family.