AÏCHATOU MINDAOUDOU SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE
UNITED NATIONS TO COTE D'IVOIRE AND HEAD OF UNITED NATIONS
OPERATION IN COTE D'IVOIRE (UNOCI)
United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of
Aïchatou Mindaoudou of Niger as his Special Representative and Head
of the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI).
Ms. Mindaoudou replaces Albert Gerard (Bert) Koenders of the
Netherlands, to whom the Secretary-General is grateful for his
dedicated service and excellent leadership of UNOCI.
Since
June 2011, Ms. Mindaoudou has served as the Deputy Joint
Special Representative (Political) for the African
Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID).
From August 2012 to March 2013, she was Acting Joint Special
Representative and Acting Head of UNAMID, as well as Joint
Chief Mediator ad interim.
Ms. Mindaoudou brings more than 20 years of
experience and a distinguished career in the Government of
Niger, as Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation and
Minister for Social Development, Population and Promotion of
Women's Rights. During her country's chairmanship of
the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), she
presided over the ECOWAS Ministerial Council for Mediation
and Peace and led the engagement of ECOWAS in advancing
peace and reconciliation in Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau and
Togo (2005-2007).
She earned a PhD in international law at the
University of Paris, La Sorbonne, in France, and both her
master's and bachelor's degrees in international law at the
University of Abidjan in Côte d'Ivoire.
Born in Niger in 1959, Ms. Mindaoudou has two
children.
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Simon MUNZU
Deputy Special Representative of UN Secretary-General for
Côte d'Ivoire (DSRSG)
United Nations Secretary-general, Ban
Ki-moon, announced on 7 October 2014, the appointment of Simon Munzu
of Cameroon as his Deputy Special Representative of the United
Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI).
Mr. Munzu brings to this position a wealth of political, human
rights, legal, academic and management experience from a career
spanning more than 30 years. He joined the United Nations as a
United Nations Volunteer in 1995, and served the Organization until
2012 in various capacities in Rwanda, New York, Côte d'Ivoire and
the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
He has served as Acting Head of the United Nations Human Rights
Field Operation in Rwanda, Senior Policy Adviser with the United
Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Representative of the United
Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Côte d'Ivoire and
Chief of UNOCI's Human Rights Division and Director of Political
Affairs in the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in
the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO).
Prior to joining the United Nations, Mr. Munzu spent more than 13
years in academia as a senior lecturer in law in Cameroon, and is
currently an advocate and member of the Cameroon Bar Association.
Mr. Munzu holds a degree in law from the University of London, as
well as a doctorate degree in law from the University of Cambridge,
and has been a Member of the Bar in England since 1973.
Born in 1949, Mr. Munzu is married and has four children.
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Georg CHARPENTIER
REPRESENTANT SPECIAL ADJOINT DU SECRETAIRE
GENERAL POUR LA COTE D'IVOIRE
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M. Georg Charpentier, de nationalité
Finlandaise, a remplacé M. Abdoulaye Mar Dieye, le 27 Mars
2007, en qualité de Représentant spécial adjoint du
Secrétaire général des Nations Unies pour la Côte d'Ivoire
avec pour responsabilité la coordination humanitaire et la
reconstruction. Il est aussi le Représentant résident du
Programme des Nations Unies pour le Développement (PNUD) et
le Coordonnateur résident du Système des Nations Unies en
Côte d'Ivoire. M. Charpentier, qui a également travaillé
dans le secteur privé, a eu une brillante carrière dans le
Système des Nations Unies.
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Il a commencé sa
carrière comme administrateur de programme au Vietnam en 1984 et a
occupé des postes plus élevés en Mauritanie, au Mali, à Sao Tomé-et-Principe,
au Lesotho et en Éthiopie, où il a été Représentant résident adjoint
du PNUD, ainsi qu'au Congo et au Burundi, où il était Représentant
résident et Coordonnateur des opérations humanitaires.
Il a ensuite été nommé directeur adjoint au Bureau de la prévention
des crises et du relèvement du PNUD à Genève, en charge des pays en
transition et des pays en situation post-conflit, la réduction de la
circulation des armes légères, la démobilisation, la prévention des
catastrophes et l'assistance aux pays qui cherchent à adapter leurs
programmes aux situations de sortie de crise.
Depuis août 2004, M. Charpentier a été coordonnateur du système des
Nations Unies et Représentant résident au Burkina Faso. En 2006, il
a entrepris une mission de trois mois au Burundi pour aider à
préparer la création du Bureau intégré des Nations Unies au Burundi,
un effort concerté des Nations Unies à soutenir le processus de
consolidation de la paix et le développement économique. M.
Charpentier, qui est né le 11 août 1956, est titulaire d'un Master's
Degree in Economics (1981) de l'Université d'Helsinki. Il est marié
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Fernand Marcel AMOUSSOU
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Général de division
Commandant de la Force
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Engagé dans les Forces Armées Béninoises à compter du 1er
juin 1975, le Général Fernand Marcel AMOUSSOU est issu de
l'arme de l'infanterie parachutiste. Il a au cours de sa
carrière, suivi avec succès une série de formations dans son
pays ainsi qu'à l'étranger :
- Formation d'officier à l'Ecole Polytechnique Qinghua de
Beijing, Chine,
- Cours d'application et de perfectionnement de l'Infanterie
à l'Ecole d'Application de l'Infanterie de Montpellier,
France,
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- Qualification d'officier Parachutiste à l'Ecole des
Troupes Aéroportées de Pau, France,
- Qualification d'instructeur commando à l'Ecole Nationale
d'Entrainement Commando de Montlouis, France,
- Cours d'état-major à l'Ecole d'Etat-major de Compiègne, France,
- Brevet de l'enseignement militaire supérieur à l'Ecole Supérieure
de Guerre de Paris, France.
Le Général AMOUSSOU a été auditeur au Centre des
Etudes Stratégiques des Etats-Unis pour l'Afrique et à l'Institut
des Hautes Etudes de Défense Nationale de Paris.
Le Général AMOUSSOU a assumé plusieurs hautes
responsabilités en matière d'opérations, de relations
internationales et de commandement de haut niveau.
Au titre des responsabilités opérationnelles, il a
servi dans les unités parachutistes et a commandé le 1er Bataillon
d'infanterie, bataillon le plus ancien et le plus décoré de l'armée
béninoise.
Il a été également chef du bureau des opérations
militaires et chef du bureau emploi à l'état-major général des
forces armées béninoises.
Il a en outre participé à des opérations militaires
extérieures et a dirigé plusieurs exercices multinationaux de
maintien de la paix tant au plan sous-régional (CEDEAO)
qu'international dont l'exercice de grande envergure RECAMP4 co-organisé
par la France et la CEDEAO en 2004 qui a connu la participation
d'officiers et de troupes de 14 pays.
En matière de responsabilité en relations
internationales, il a occupé le poste de Directeur de la
planification et de la coopération militaire au ministère de la
défense du Bénin.
Le Général AMOUSSOU a aussi assumé des
responsabilités de commandement de très haut niveau. Il a occupé les
fonctions de Chef d'état-major de l'armée de terre béninoise et de
Chef d'état-major général des forces armées béninoises.
A part ses responsabilités militaires, le Général
AMOUSSOU a été consultant de la fondation Konrad Adenauer sur le
rôle de l'armée dans un état démocratique et sur les relations
civilo-militaires. Il est également l'auteur de plusieurs
publications relatives à l'esprit de défense au Bénin et aux
facteurs de succès d'une politique de défense dans les pays
africains.
Le Général AMOUSSOU est titulaire de plusieurs
décorations dont :
-Officier de l'Ordre National du Bénin
-Officier de l'Ordre du Mérite du Bénin
-Commandeur de la Légion d'Honneur de France
-Officier de l'Ordre National du Togo
-Officier de l'Ordre National de la Côte d'Ivoire
-Chevalier de l'Ordre National du Niger
-Médaille de l'ONU au service de la paix
Le Général AMOUSSOU parle le français, l'anglais et
le chinois. Il est titulaire d'un diplôme d'ingénieur en
électronique.
Le Général AMOUSSOU est père de quatre enfants.
Le Général AMOUSSOU a été nommé Adjoint au Commandant
de la Force de l'ONUCI le 22 août 2005 et Commandant de la Force de
l'Opération des Nations Unies en Côte d'Ivoire à compter du 15
septembre 2006.
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M'Baye Babacar Cissé
SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS M'BAYE BABACAR CISSÉ
OF SENEGAL DEPUTY SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR UNITED NATIONS OPERATION IN
CÔTE D'IVOIRE
United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed M'Baye Babacar Cissé of Senegal
as his Deputy Special Representative for the United Nations Operation in
Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI), where he will also serve as United Nations Resident
Coordinator, Humanitarian Coordinator and United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP) Resident Representative.
He will replace Ndolamb
Ngokwey of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Secretary-General is
grateful for Mr. Ngokwey's dedicated service during his tenure in Côte
d'Ivoire and for his contribution to the improved coordination of the United
Nations system in that country.
Mr. Cissé brings to his new position a wealth of experience in
development and humanitarian assistance in Africa, including on regional
initiatives and inter-agency processes. He has served with the United
Nations since 1980, most recently as Deputy Assistant Administrator and
Deputy Regional Director, Regional Bureau for Africa at UNDP.
He has also served as Resident Representative and Resident
Coordinator in Burkina Faso and as UNDP Country Director in the Democratic
Republic of the Congo. He has held a number of senior positions at the UNDP
Headquarters in New York. Prior to that, Mr. Cissé has undertaken a number
of assignments with UNDP, including in Rwanda, Benin, Madagascar and
Senegal.
Mr. Cissé holds a master's degree in finance and fiscal management
and a diploma in management and applied economics from the University of
Paris IX Dauphine, France.
Born in 1954, Mr. Cissé is married and has two children.
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General Didier L'Hote
Commander of UNOCI Force
Major General Didier L'Hôte is
the Force Commander of the United Nations Operation in Côte
d'Ivoire (UNOCI), having been appointed by the UN Secretary
General, Ban Ki-Moon on the 8th June 2015.
Having commenced his military education at the Special Military
School in Saint-Cyr in 1980, Major General L'Hôte was appointed
as an officer of the Infantry Marines in September 1982. During
his career, he served in a wide range of appointments in the
French Armed Forces.
These appointments included Company Commander and later as Chief
of Operations of the 8th Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment. His
Command experience also extends to Commanding Officer of the 2nd
Marine Infantry Regiment and prior to joining UNOCI, he served
as Deputy to the Commanding General at the Land Task Force based
in Marseille which is one of two French Task Forces.
Major General L'Hôte has extensive overseas experience and has
served in fifteen overseas operations in Europe, Asia and
especially in Africa both in a national and international
context. His experience in Africa includes service in Central
Africa Republic, Chad, Rwanda, Tanzania and Congo. He has also
had a number of tours of duty to the Balkans with service
including Macedonia, Kosovo and Bosnia Herzegovina. He has
served in the Middle East to include Lebanon and Iraq and at the
end of 2011 he served as the Commander of the French Contingent
in Afghanistan for 8 months.
He has previously completed two tours of duty in Côte d'Ivoire,
from 1986 to 1988 as a Platoon Commander and in 2003 as a
Battalion Commander. In March 2014, he joined UNOCI as Deputy
Force Commander, a position he held for nearly 18 months before
taking up the appointment of Force Commander.
Major General L' L'Hôte graduated from Saint Cyr with an
Engineering Degree and also holds a Master in Defence Management
and International Relations. He is a graduate of the Advanced
War College in Paris and has completed a number of international
studies including the Senior Course in the NATO Defence College
in Rome, Italy and the Higher Command and Staff Course in
Shrivenham in the United Kingdom.
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Police Commissioner
Nshimiyimana Vianney
Head of the Police Component of the
UNOCI
Police
Commissioner NSHIMIYIMANA Vianney, of Rwandan nationality, is the
Head of the Police Component (HOPC) of the UN Operation in Côte
d'Ivoire (UNOCI) since 06 February 2014.
Mr. NSHIMIYIMANA held the position of Commander of the Rwanda
National Police College and previously, Commander of Road Traffic
Security unit before joining the Mission.
He earned a master's degree in Peace Studies and Conflict
Resolution, at the National University of Rwanda (NUR). He also
earned a degree in Law in the same university.
He joined the Rwandan Army in 1990, Gendarmerie in 1994, and then
the Police in 2000, when Rwanda was undergoing Security Sector
Reform, by establishing the Police.
He has commanded the Rwandan contingent in UNMIL, as well as in
MINUSTAH, where he worked along with several Ivorian police
officers, hence establishing good working relationship with them.
Consequently, that experience has become an asset in his current
functions as HOPC of UNOCI.
Mr. NSHIMIYIMANA was born on 18 March 1965, in Cibitoke, Rwanda. He
is married and father of four children.
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