Hédi Annabi
Hédi Annabi (born September 4, 1944 , † January 12, 2010 in Port-au-Prince , Haiti ) was a Tunisian UN diplomat . Annabi was Associate Secretary General of the Peacekeeping Operations Department of the UN Secretariat from 1997 to 2007 . From 2007 until his death, Annabi served as special envoy of the UN Secretary-General and head of the UN mission in Haiti .
biography
Hédi Annabi studied political science at the Institut d'études politiques de Paris , English language and literature at the University of Tunis, and international relations at the Geneva University Institute for International Studies . After completing his studies, Annabi began a career in the Tunisian diplomatic service. In 1979 he was appointed head of the Tunisian press agency TAP.
In 1981 Annabi joined the United Nations . He initially worked in the office of the Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Humanitarian Affairs in Southeast Asia , but was soon appointed special envoy himself. Annabi supported the efforts of the United Nations to end the civil war in Cambodia and was involved in the negotiation of the Paris Peace Accords of 1991 and in the establishment of the UN peacekeeping mission in Cambodia .
In 1992 Annabi moved to the newly established Peacekeeping Operations Department of the UN Secretariat, where he became Head of Department for Africa . In 1997 he was appointed head of the main department.
In September 2007, Hédi Annabi was appointed to succeed Edmond Mulet as the new head of the UN mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH). He moved into his official residence in the capital Port-au-Prince in the Christopher Hotel . Annabi was killed on January 12, 2010 in the severe earthquake in Haiti that destroyed the Christopher Hotel used by the UN.
Web links
- United Nations press release with biographical information on Hédi Annabi (English)
- The Guardian : Hédi Annabi obituary , January 17, 2010 (English)
- Website of the UN mission MINUSTAH (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Spiegel Online : Head of the UN mission found dead on January 17, 2010
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Annabi, Hédi |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Tunisian UN diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 4, 1944 |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 12, 2010 |
| Place of death | Port-au-Prince , Haiti |