Rafeeuddin Ahmed
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Rafeeuddin Ahmed served the United Nations
as an Under-Secretary for 21 years. His roles included:
- Under-Secretary General for Political Affairs, Trusteeship and Decolonization
- Under-Secretary General and Chef de Cabinet for the Secretary General
- Under-Secretary-General and Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs in South-East Asia
- Secretary of the Economic and Social Council
- Under-Secretary-General and Senior Adviser to the Administrator of UNDP
Amongst his political affairs posts, he served as Special Envoy of the Secretary-General to Secure the Release of the Crew of the Russian Place Forced Landed in Kandahar by the Taliban Regime, as the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the Laos-Thailand Conflict, for East Timor, for Cambodia, for Myanmar, the Convener of the Secretary-General’s Task Force on the Falkland Islands and also as Principal Aide to the Secretary-General for the Iran Hostage Crisis.
Ahmed is an alumnus of The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
, where he read International Economics and International Law, and is has an MA and BA in Political Science from the University of Punjab in Lahore, Pakistan.
He is married to Nighat Amed and is the father of Zia Ahmed, also a Fletcher alumnus, and Kamaluddin Ahmed, a popular lecturer at LUMS
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United Nations
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as an Under-Secretary for 21 years. His roles included:
- Under-Secretary General for Political Affairs, Trusteeship and Decolonization
- Under-Secretary General and Chef de Cabinet for the Secretary General
- Under-Secretary-General and Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs in South-East Asia
- Secretary of the Economic and Social Council
- Under-Secretary-General and Senior Adviser to the Administrator of UNDP
Amongst his political affairs posts, he served as Special Envoy of the Secretary-General to Secure the Release of the Crew of the Russian Place Forced Landed in Kandahar by the Taliban Regime, as the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the Laos-Thailand Conflict, for East Timor, for Cambodia, for Myanmar, the Convener of the Secretary-General’s Task Force on the Falkland Islands and also as Principal Aide to the Secretary-General for the Iran Hostage Crisis.
Ahmed is an alumnus of The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University is the oldest school in the United States dedicated solely to graduate studies in international affairs. It is regarded as one of the world's foremost schools of international affairs. Every Fall, the school enrolls approximately 265...
, where he read International Economics and International Law, and is has an MA and BA in Political Science from the University of Punjab in Lahore, Pakistan.
He is married to Nighat Amed and is the father of Zia Ahmed, also a Fletcher alumnus, and Kamaluddin Ahmed, a popular lecturer at LUMS
LUMS
LUMS or lums may refer to:*London Universities Mooting Shield*Lancaster University Management School*Lahore University of Management Sciences*Lum's - A defunct U.S. family restaurant chain*Plural of lum...
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External links
- http://www.un.org/News/dh/iraq/rafeeuddin-ahmed.pdf
- http://fletcher.tufts.edu/news/2011/01/features/ahmed.shtml
- http://www.imadahmed.com/740376744/rafeeuddin-ahmed-f56-discusses-some-of-his-21-years-as-under-secretary-general-of-the-un/
- http://www.imadahmed.com/716278760/notable-fletcher-tufts-university-alumni/