Mohamed Sahnoun was an Algerian diplomat who served as ambassador of Algeria to West Germany, France, the United States, and Morocco as well as permanent representative of Algeria to the United Nations.
11 Facts About Mohamed Sahnoun
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Mohamed Sahnoun served as the Organisation of African Unity's Assistant Secretary General, the Arab League's Assistant Secretary-general, the Secretary-General of the United Nations's Special Representative for Somalia in 1992 and the Secretary-General of the United Nations's Special Representative for the Great Lakes region of Africa in 1997 before continuing to work for peace and reconciliation through various UN-related or independent charities.
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Mohamed Sahnoun particularly focused on developing intercultural and inter-religious dialogues and on healing wounded memories from past conflicts.
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Mohamed Sahnoun was born in 1931 in Chlef, in Algeria.
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Mohamed Sahnoun first studied at the Lycee of Algiers and then went on at the Sorbonne in Paris.
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Mohamed Sahnoun was there on the day of the first hostilities of the Algerian War.
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Mohamed Sahnoun was detained in the infamous "Villa Sesini", the torture and detention centre of the 1st Foreign Parachute Regiment during the Battle of Algiers.
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Mohamed Sahnoun was unable to go back to Algeria before independence.
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Mohamed Sahnoun then resumed his studies at New York University where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Master of Arts degrees, both in political science.
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Mohamed Sahnoun first became diplomatic advisor of the Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic.
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Mohamed Sahnoun met pacifism in 1952 in Alger through the Service Civil International NGO.