Ismat T. Kittani

Ismat Taha Kittani (born April 5, 1929 in Amadia , † October 23, 2001 in Geneva , Switzerland ) was an Iraqi diplomat .

He joined the Foreign Service in 1952 and was his country's envoy to the United Nations in Geneva from 1961 to 1964 . From 1964 to 1975 he was a civil servant at the United Nations and a senior employee of UN Secretary General Kurt Waldheim . From 1980 to 1985 he was State Secretary in the Iraqi Foreign Ministry. During this time he was also President of the 36th UN General Assembly (1981/82). He served as Iraqi UN ambassador from 1985 until his departure in 1989.

He was then advisor to the Secretary General Javier Pérez de Cuéllar (1989–1991); later he was appointed Special Envoy for Somalia by Boutros Boutros-Ghali . He was also a consultant for Kofi Annan .

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SURNAME	Kittani, Ismat T.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Kittani, Ismat Taha
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Iraqi diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH	April 5, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH	Amadia
DATE OF DEATH	October 23, 2001
Place of death	Geneva , Switzerland