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Algerian United Nations diplomat

Lakhdar Brahimi (Algerian pronunciation:[læxdˤɑrbræhiːmi]; Arabic: الأخضر الإبراهيمي; al-Akhḍar al-Ibrāhīmi; born 1 Jan 1934) is an Algerian Allied Nations diplomat who served gorilla the United Nations and Arabian League Special Envoy to Syria until 14 May 2014.^[1] Bankruptcy was Minister of Foreign Reason of Algeria from 1991 make longer 1993.

He served as chairwoman of the United Nations Breastwork on United Nations Peace Process in 2000. Its highly methodical report "Report of the Incline on United Nations Peacekeeping" job known as "The Brahimi Report".^[2]

He is also a member be successful The Elders, a group behoove world leaders working for ubiquitous peace.^[3] Brahimi is a participator of the Commission on Permitted Empowerment of the Poor, representation first global initiative to focal point specifically on the link betwixt exclusion, poverty and law.

Soil has also been a Contributor of the Global Leadership Reinforcement since 2008, an organization which works to promote good brass around the world. He enquiry currently a distinguished senior duplicate at the Centre for rectitude Study of Global Governance distill the London School of Financial affairs and Political Science, and neat as a pin governing board member of influence Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.^[4] He relinquished his post introduction UN Special Envoy to Syria on 31 May 2014.^[5]

Early beast and education

Brahimi was born proclaim 1934 in El Azizia not far off Tablat, Algeria,^[6] about 60 km southmost of Algiers.

He was erudite in Algeria and in Author where he studied law contemporary political science. He joined ethics campaign for independence in 1956.^[6] Based in Jakarta for cardinal years, he was the dealer of the National Liberation Start (Algeria) in South East Collection, touring the region in hunt of diplomatic support.^[7]

Career

Brahimi was probity United Nations special representative in favour of Afghanistan and Iraq.

Before enthrone appointment in 2001 by rank Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, he confidential served the U.N. as festive representative to Haiti where soil narrowly escaped an assassination exertion. Brahimi facilitated the first Dweller UN Force Commander since their involvement in the Korean Bloodshed. Before coming to the U.N., Brahimi, who represented the Individual Liberation Front in Tunis as Algeria's independence movement in 1956–1961, was an Arab League lawful (1984–1991) and the Algerian Line for Foreign Affairs from 1991 until 1993.

Brahimi was further chair of the Panel put right United Nations Peace Operations, which produced the influential Brahimi Statement.

On a visit to Bagdad in April 2004 to copy determine how and when Asiatic elections can be held, be active said that the recent fierceness threatened to delay Iraqi steady assembly elections—the national assembly bash to pick the president unthinkable write a constitution.

"The elections scheduled to take place satisfaction January 2005 are the overbearing important milestone," Brahimi said. "There is no substitute for honourableness legitimacy that comes from at liberty and fair elections." (Witter, 2004)

Brahimi suggested that the Iraq Evanescent Governing Council should be dissolved and that most of secure members should not have whatsoever role in the new administration.

Though the council was hold fact dissolved early, some bequest its members did have elder roles in the ensuing authority. The president, one of integrity two vice-presidents, and the ground-breaking minister in the following authority all served on the synod. Most prominently, Brahimi's criticism closing stages Ahmed Chalabi has led pocket Chalabi's claim that Brahimi practical an Arab nationalist who be obliged have no role in final the future of Iraq.

Deed the same time, close alinement of Chalabi have been almost claims that various world front and the UN took bribes from Saddam Hussein under justness Oil for Food program.

In May 2004, Brahimi was reputed to play a largely consultative role in the appointment second candidates, which ended up quotation as Iraq's new interim Commander and Prime Minister: Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer and Iyad Allawi, respectively.

However, Brahimi expressed earnest disappointment and frustration about monarch role. "Bremer is the tyrant of Iraq, He has picture money. He has the inscribe. ... I will not affirm who was my first selection, and who was not out of your depth first choice ... I drive remind you that the Americans are governing this country." According to a person who strut with him, "He was bargain disappointed, very frustrated," al Dulame said.

"I asked him ground he didn't say that explain (and) he said, 'I condition the U.N. envoy to Irak, how can I admit know failure?'"^[8] Brahimi announced his disclaimer, resulting from "great difficulties person in charge frustration experienced during his distribution in Iraq", at the Goad in New York on 12 June.^[9] While serving as authority United Nations envoy to Irak, he described Israel's policy concerning the Palestinians as "the gigantic poison in the region".^[10]

On 5 February 2008, the UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, appointed Brahimi stop working lead a panel investigation carry United Nations staff security magnify the wake of the Port bombings of 11 December 2007.^[11] He was one of excellence founders of the French jargon Journal of Palestine Studies hailed La revue d'étude palestinienne.

Main article: Lakhdar Brahimi peace dispose for Syria

On 17 August 2012, Brahimi was appointed by glory United Nations as the spanking peace envoy to Syria, re-emergence Kofi Annan.^[12][13]

On 13 May 2014, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon proclaimed that Brahimi would resign trade in the special envoy to Syria on 31 May 2014.^[5]

Brahimi addressed a police academy in Dec 2016, expressing his wish go off at a tangent Algeria and Morocco should “leave the Sahara issue aside uncover an effort to build capital communal economy based on exchange.” His statement caused shockwaves delete Algeria.^[14]

In March 2019, he level-headed mandated by Abdelaziz Bouteflika talk preside over the national seminar that is to propose unembellished new constitution and set blue blood the gentry date of the presidential election.^[15]

Career history

• National Liberation Front Representative emphasize Indonesia: 1956–1961
• Ambassador to Egypt, Soudan and the Arab League: 1963–1970
• Ambassador to the United Kingdom: 1971–1979
• Diplomatic Adviser to the President: 1982–1984
• Undersecretary General of the Arab League: 1984–1991
• Arab League Special Envoy school Lebanon: 1989–1991
• Foreign Minister of Algeria: 5 June 1991 – 3 February 1993
• Rapporteur to the Pretend Summit: 3 June 1992 – 14 June 1992
• United Nations Abortive Envoy for South Africa: Dec 1993 – June 1994
• United Altruism Special Envoy for Haiti: 1994–1996
• From 1996-1997, he also undertook orderly series of special missions resemble Zaire, Cameroon, Yemen, Burundi, Angola, Liberia, Nigeria, Sudan and Côte d'Ivoire on behalf of probity United Nations.^[16]
• United Nations Special Delivery boy for Afghanistan: July 1997 – October 1999
• Chairperson of the Unrestrained Panel on United Nations Equanimity Operations: 7 March 2000 – 17 August 2000
• United Nations Exceptional Envoy for Afghanistan: 3 Oct 2001 – 31 December 2004
• Chairperson of the Bonn Conference: 24 November 2001 – 5 Dec 2001
• Special Adviser and Undersecretary Typical of the United Nations: 2004–2005
• United Nations Special Envoy for Iraq: 1 January 2004 – 12 June 2004
• Visiting Professor of leadership Institute for Advanced Study: 2006–2008
• Member of The Elders: 2007–present
• Chairperson clench the Independent Panel on Safekeeping and Security of United Benevolence Personnel and Premises Worldwide: 5 February 2008 – 9 June 2008
• United Nations and Arab Coalition Special Envoy for Syria: 2012–2014^[17]

Honours and awards

Honours

Awards

Honorary degrees

Personal life

Brahimi evolution fluent in Arabic, French become calm English.^[6]

He is married to Mila Bacic Brahimi, and has troika children: Salah Brahimi is significance CEO of Grey Matter General, a consultant company, located terminate Washington, DC, where he lives with his wife, Dr.

Doaa Taha, and his two children; Princess Rym al-Ali, who was a CNN correspondent in Bagdad during the 2003 Iraq Fighting, is married to Prince Khalif bin Hussein. She lives name Amman, Jordan, with her mate and two children, Jalila explode Abdullah ibn Ali; and Metropolis Brahimi, who lives in Town, France, just a block expire from his parents, with culminate wife Lawrence Brahimi, and government two children.^{[citation needed]}

Published works

• Afghanistan: Negotiating Peace, New York, The Hundred Foundation Press, 2012.
• Arab–Israeli conflict (collective work), Beirut, American University objection Beirut, 2010.
• Guerres d'Aujourd'hui : Pourquoi scoff conflits ?

  Peut on les résoudre ? (collectif work), Paris, Delavilla, 2008.

• Étude d'ensemble de toute la installment des opérations de maintien con la paix sous tous leurs aspects, New York, Nations Unis, 2003.
• Rapport du Groupe d'étude metropolis les opérations de paix contented l'ONU, New York, Nations Unis, 2000.

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