Martin Andjaba is a Namibia

Namibia

Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia , is a country in southern Africa whose western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east. It gained independence from South Africa on 21 March...

n diplomat who has been his country's Permanent Representative

Permanent Representative

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 to the United Nations

United Nations

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 since 4 September 1996. Prior to this, he had served as the Namibian government's Chief of Protocol

Protocol (diplomacy)

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 since 1990 where he was replaced by Patrick Nandago. During Namibia's two year tenure on the United Nations Security Council

United Nations Security Council

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, Andjaba served as President of the Security Council in August 1999 and October 2000. He also led a UN delegation to East Timor

East Timor

The Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, commonly known as East Timor , is a state in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the nearby islands of Atauro and Jaco, and Oecusse, an exclave on the northwestern side of the island, within Indonesian West Timor...

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