Mr. Pedersen is the UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative for Botswana. Prior to this appointment, Anders was Chief of Staff at the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) between, Director, Department for Democracy, Human Rights and Gender Equality also at Sida; Chief, Methods in Development Cooperation Unit at the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs; and Secretary-General of The Four Nations Initiative on Governance and Management of the United Nations, Sweden in 2006/2007. He has served with the UN as Coordinator of the Europe, North America and Central Asia Unit in the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Geneva; Chief, UN Human Rights Office in Angola; Chief, Human Rights Division, Angola. Prior to that Anders held various positions in the Swedish Foreign Service such as First Secretary, Democratic Governance Coordinator, Embassy of Sweden in Zambia; Second Secretary, Permanent Mission of Sweden in Geneva,; First Secretary, Office of the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Sweden; and First Secretary, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Stockholm.

Anders was a Human Rights Legal Adviser to the UN Mission in El Salvador; Associate Protection Officer, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, El Salvador and Associate Protection Officer, UNHCR, Honduras. Early on in his career he was a Legal Adviser at the Secretariat of the Swedish Red Cross, Stockholm. Anders holds a Degree of Masters of Law