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Secretary-General Appoints Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah of Mauritania as Special Representative for Somalia
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United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah of Mauritania as his Special Representative for Somalia. From 2002 to August 2007, Mr. Ould-Abdallah served as the Special Representative of the Secretary-General in West Africa and as Chairman of the Cameroon-Nigeria Mixed Commission, established for the peaceful implementation of the international Court of Justice decision on the territorial dispute between the two countries.
From 1996 to 2002, Mr. Ould-Abdallah was the Executive Secretary of the Global Coalition for Africa, the Washington-based intergovernmental forum dedicated to addressing African issues.
Mr. Ould-Abdallah joined the United Nations as a Senior Political and Economic Adviser and served the Organization from 1985 to 1996 in a number of capacities, including as the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Burundi and Special Coordinator for New and Renewable Sources of Energy and Energy Issues.
From 1971 to 1985, Mr. Ould-Abdallah held in his native country high-level positions as a cabinet member including Minister of Foreign Affairs and Development Cooperation. He was also ambassador to the United States and to the European Union.
Mr. Ould-Abdallah has been member of the board of a number of non-governmental organizations, academia and other organizations. He has written extensively on democracy, conflicts and human rights issues. His book Burundi in the Brink was published by the United States Institute for Peace (USIP) in 2000.
Born in 1940, Mr. Ould-Abdallah is married and has a son.
M. Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, de la Mauritanie, est nommé représentant Spécial du Secrétaire Général pour la Somalie
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Le Secrétaire général de l’ONU, M. Ban Ki-moon, a annoncé la nomination de M. Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, de la Mauritanie, comme son Représentant spécial pour la Somalie.
De 2002 à août 2007, Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah a été le Représentant spécial du Secrétaire général pour l’Afrique de l’Ouest et Président de la Commission mixte Cameroun/Nigéria pour une mise en œuvre pacifique de la décision de la Cour internationale de Justice relative au différend territorial entre les deux pays.
De 1996 à 2002, M. Ould-Abdallah était le Directeur exécutif de la "Global Coalition for Africa", un forum intergouvernemental dédié aux questions africaines basé à Washington. Il a aussi été fonctionnaire des Nations Unies et y a occupé plusieurs fonctions, en particulier celles de Représentant spécial du Secrétaire général pour le Burundi et de Coordonnateur spécial pour les sources d’énergies nouvelles et renouvelables et les questions liées à l’énergie. Il a en outre occupé plusieurs postes dans la haute administration de son pays, en particulier celui de Ministre des affaires étrangères et de la coopération, de 1971 à 1985, et celui d’Ambassadeur aux États-Unis et auprès de l’Union européenne.
M. Ould-Abdallah a siégé au sein des conseils d’administration d’un certain nombre d’ONG, d’universités et d’autres organisations. Il a publié de nombreux articles sur la démocratie, les conflits et les droits de l’homme. Son ouvrage « Burundi in the brink » a été publié en 2000 par USIP.
Né le 21 novembre 1940, M. Ould-Abdallah est marié et a un fils.
Former Amb. Winston A. Tubman
25/02/2002
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WINSTON A. TUBMAN APPOINTED HEAD OF SOMALIA POLITICAL OFFICE
Secretary-General Kofi Annan has designated Winston A. Tubman as Head of the United Nations Political Office for Somalia (UNPOS). Mr. Tubman will assume his duties next month in Nairobi, Kenya, where the Office is currently located.
Mr. Tubman, who is a national of Liberia, has since February 1998 been the Senior Advisor to the Force Commander of the United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission (UNIKOM). Prior to that he was assigned to the United Nations Peace Office in Zagreb, Croatia, and the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in Eastern Slavonia (UNTAES).
He served as Principal Legal Officer in the Office of Legal Affairs from 1973-1975 and from 1991 to 1996, and with the United Nations Environment Programme from 1975-1977. He was also a member of the various United Nations legal teams. In 1993, he served as Executive Secretary of the Commission of Inquiry that investigated the ambush and killing of Pakistani peacekeepers in Mogadishu.
Earlier, he served in many areas of public life. In 1990, he was Chair of the Legal and Constitutional Committee of the group of Liberian political leaders meeting in Banjul, Gambia, that established an interim government in Liberia and later served as its Foreign Minister and as Minister of State.
He has occupied a number of senior positions in the Government of Liberia, including Permanent Representative to the United Nations from 1979 to 1981 with concurrent accreditation as Ambassador to Cuba and Mexico, and before that, in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Planning and Economic Affairs.
In 1968, he established the Tubman Law Firm in Monrovia, Liberia, and served as its Managing and Senior Partner over the next two decades. He is a member of the Bar of the Supreme Court of Liberia and taught law at the University of Liberia (1968-1972) and at universities in the United States. Mr. Tubman obtained his graduate degrees from the London School of Economics, Cambridge University and Harvard Law School.
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