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POSTPONED---Untangling West African Conflicts

Please check back for the rescheduled date. A program on "Untangling West African Conflicts," featuring Youseff Mahmoud, the Director of the Africa II Division of the UN Department of Political Affairs. One of the UN's most knowledgeable and experienced diplomats, over the last six years Mr. Mahmoud has been directly involved in initiating or implementing a number of conflict prevention, peacemaking and peace building activities in Central and West Africa. His appearance at the Woodrow Wilson International Center will provide an opportunity to take stock of recent developments and the UN response in such conflict-plagued states as Liberia, Sierra Leone and the Ivory Coast.

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Monday
Jan. 26, 2004
9:00am – 10:30am ET

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This event has been postponed. Please check back on this site for the rescheduled date.

Before taking up his present functions, Mr. Mahmoud served as Senior Political Advisor to several Special Representatives of the Secretary-General for Central Africa. He served for three years as the head of the office of the Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs. Prior to that assignment, he served for 14 months with the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC), and as Deputy Chief of the Training Service in the Office of Human Resources Management. Mr. Mahmoud is a national of Tunisia. He holds a PhD in linguistics from Georgetown University.

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Africa Program

The Africa Program works to address the most critical issues facing Africa and US-Africa relations, build mutually beneficial US-Africa relations, and enhance knowledge and understanding about Africa in the United States. The Program achieves its mission through in-depth research and analyses, public discussion, working groups, and briefings that bring together policymakers, practitioners, and subject matter experts to analyze and offer practical options for tackling key challenges in Africa and in US-Africa relations.    Read more

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