1. Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah graduated from a secondary school in Dakar, Senegal.
16 Facts About Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah
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Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah studied economics at the University of Grenoble and the University of Paris and political science at the Sorbonne.
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Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah served as Mauritania's Ambassador to Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, the European Union and the United States.
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Between 1985 and 1993, Ould-Abdallah worked as adviser on energy, including renewable energies and African issues, to the United Nations Secretary-General.
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From 2003 to 2007, Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah was jointly Special Representative of the Secretary-General for West Africa and Chairman of the Cameroon-Nigeria Mixed Commission.
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Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah was successful in supporting the peaceful settlement of the land and maritime border dispute between the two countries.
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Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah has been active in the work of non-governmental organizations, including the Global Coalition for Africa and the World Future Council, the International Centre for Ethics, Justice and Public Life of Brandeis University, ICRC, and Search for Common Ground.
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Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah is a co-founder and a member of the Advisory Board of Transparency International.
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Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah is member of the International Advisory Board of the African Press Organization, as well as serving on the Board of Advisors of the International Peace and Security Institute.
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Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah served on the Board of Directors of Search for Common Ground from 1997 to 2004, is a current member since 2011.
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From September 2007 until July 2010, Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah served as Special Representative for the UN Secretary-General for Somalia.
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Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah successfully negotiated the agreement between the two parties.
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Mr Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah established the well acclaimed steering committee on Somalia, composed of the United Nations, African Union and Intergovernmental Authority on Development.
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In July 2010, after the longest term in Somalia of any United Nations Special Representative, Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah announced his retirement from the United Nations in a farewell letter to the Somali diaspora.
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Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah thanked the leadership of Somalia's Transitional Federal Government with whom he had worked closely.
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Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah returned to United Nations Headquarters in New York City as the Mediator-in-Residence to the Department of Political Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat in November 2010 for his de-briefing.