Said Djinnit
Said Djinnit | |
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United Nations Secretary-General for the Great Lakes region | |
| In office July 2014 – April 2019 | |
| Succeeded by | Xia Huang |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 7, 1954 (age 69) Algeria |
| Occupation | UN Diplomat |
Said Djinnit (
Djinnit served as the Commissioner for Peace and Security at the
Djinnit also served in various capacities in the
. He also helped create important OAU/AU initiatives such as the Protocol on the African Union Peace and Security Council (2002), the Conceptual Framework on the African Standby Force and Military Staff Committee, the Draft Common African Defense and Security Policy, the Protocol to the Treaty Establishing the African Economic Community relating to the Pan African Parliament, the Declaration on the Framework for an OAU Response to Unconstitutional Changes of Government (2000), the Draft Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa, and the Conference on Security, Stability, Development and Cooperation in Africa (CSSDCA).Djinnit was the leader of the African Union Commission for the deployment of the first ever African Union peacekeeping operation. Under his leadership, the Organisation of African Unity team participated in the proximity talks between Ethiopia and Eritrea and acquired the signature of both parties to the Algiers agreements of June and December 2000. He also served as Chairman of the OAU Secretariat Task Force on the drafting of the Constitutive Act of the African Union (1999–2000). He was appointed as Special Envoy of the United Nations Secretary-General for the Great Lakes Region on 17 July 2014.
As a diplomat, Djinnit also served for Algeria on various diplomatic missions. He was Chargé d'affaires of the Algerian Embassy in Brussels and Deputy Head of Mission in Addis Ababa.
Djinnit holds a diploma in diplomacy from the
References
- ISBN 978-92-9045-133-4
External links
- African Union Commission Leaders and CV at [1]
- "New aid for AU Darfur peace force", BBC News, July 18, 2006.
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