Luiz Carlos da Costa
Luiz Carlos da Costa | |
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Principal Deputy Special Representative, United Nations Mission in Kosovo | |
In office July 2000 – August 2001 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Hotel Christopher, Port-au-Prince, Haiti | 4 June 1949
Nationality | Brazil |
Spouse | Cristina da Costa |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | N.Y.U. (M.A. 1978)[1] |
Occupation | International Civil Servant (United Nations) |
Luiz Carlos da Costa (4 June 1949 – 12 January 2010) was an international civil servant working for the
Costa received his M.A. in international business and political science from New York University in 1978.[1] As of 2006[update], he was married with two children.[4]
Costa was the highest ranking Brazilian in the United Nations.[5] After Costa's death, he was described by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon as "a legend of UN peacekeeping operations" and "a mentor to generations of UN staff".[5] Due to his nationality and prominence in the UN hierarchy, Costa had been compared to Sérgio Vieira de Mello, who was also killed during a peacekeeping mission in Iraq along with 20 other members of his staff in August 2003.[2]
United Nations career
Costa joined the
Costa was Director of Administration at the
His final assignment before Haiti was Deputy Special Representative for Operations and Rule of Law for Liberia, part of the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL), from September 2005 to November 2006.[1][4]
Haiti
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Costa was appointed Principal Deputy Special Representative for the
In 2007, Elito was replaced by general
Annabi and Costa continued in their positions until their deaths from the collapse of the
References
- ^ United Nations Secretary-General, Department of Public Information, News and Media Division. 17 August 2005. Archived from the originalon 20 January 2010. Retrieved 17 January 2010. SG/A/939 BIO/3684
- ^ a b c d "Brasileiro Luiz Carlos da Costa, chefe de missão da ONU é encontrado morto no Haiti". Cabeça de Cuia (in Portuguese). Teresina, Brazil. Reuters. 16 January 2010. Archived from the original on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2010.
- ^ "Note by UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Alain Le Roy, and UN Under-Secretary-General for Field Support, Susana Malcorra". 17 January 2010. Retrieved 18 January 2010.
- ^ United Nations Secretary-General, Department of Public Information, News and Media Division. 10 November 2006. Retrieved 17 January 2010. SG/A/1026 BIO/3816 PKO/153
- ^ a b c Ban Ki-moon (16 January 2010). "Statement by the Secretary-General - confirmation of death of Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Haiti, Hédi Annabi, Principal Deputy Special Representative, Luiz Carlos da Costa, and Acting UN Police Commissioner in Haiti, Doug Coates" (Press release). New York City: Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General of the United Nations. Retrieved 18 January 2010.
- ^ "Haiti: Brazilian general to be new Force Commander for UN peacekeeping mission" (Press release). United Nations. 9 January 2007. Retrieved 18 January 2010.
- United Nations Secretary-General, Department of Public Information, News and Media Division. 1 August 2007. Retrieved 18 January 2010. SG/A/1081 BIO/3901 PKO/167