Amara Essy

MEMBER OF SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

Personal Information

Name: Amara Essy

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Date of birth: December 20th 1944 in Bouaké (Ivory Coast)

WORK EXPERIENCE

  • 2002 - 2003 Interim Chairman of the Commission of the African Union

  • 2001 - 2002 Secretary General Organisation African Unity

  • 1998 - 2000 Minister of State, Minister of Foreign Affairs in Charge of International Cooperation

  • 1990 - 1998 Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ivory Coast

  • 1994 - 1995 President 49th Session of UN General Assembly

  • Janvier 1990 President of the Un Security Council

  • 1981 - 1990 Ambassador, permanent Representative of Ivory Coast to the United Nations in New York City, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in Argentina and Cuba, with residence in New York

  • 1988 - 1989 Vice President of the 40th Session of the Un General Assembly

  • 1977 - 1978 President of the group of 77 in Geneva

  • 1975 - 1978 Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Ivory Coast at the European Office at United Nations in Geneva and UNIDO in Vienna

  • 1973 - 1975 Councillor at the Permanent Mission of Ivory Coast to the United Nations

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

  • Degree from Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (Diplomacy)

  • Post Graduate Degree in public law

  • Bachelor's Degree in public law