who takes charge of Algeria now in a state of national crisis as the war over its leadership tears teh nation apart,feelers as at press time suggests key diplomat:Ambassador Lakhdar Brahimi should lead the nation's top military leader into a serious discussion as teh future of the nation comes up for serious debate in the coming weeks and months amidst tensions.
The News office Desk of the E.N.M.Paedia Express Multimedia Group of Lagos,Nigeria understands that at various forums soon the discussions will be on how to formulate a strategy to find an acceptable solution into who rules the nation into the future.
bio data of Ambassador Lakhdar
Brahimi
Former Algerian freedom
fighter, Foreign Minister, conflict mediator and UN diplomat; an expert in
peacekeeping and post-conflict reconstruction.
Fought for Algerian independence
1991
Algerian Foreign Minister 1991-1993
2001
UN Special Representative in Afghanistan 2001-2004
2004
UN Special Envoy in Iraq 2004
2012
Joint Special Representative of the UN and Arab League for Syria
2012-2014
2007
Founding member of The Elders
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"We’re extremely
careful not to claim that we’re going to take a problem and solve it. What
we’re saying is that from time to time, in certain situations, a problem needs
a little push."
Lakhdar Brahimi
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Work with The Elders
A respected and
pragmatic negotiator, Lakhdar Brahimi has been a member of The Elders since the
group was founded in 2007.
He travelled to Sudan with The Elders in October that year,
drawing attention to the victims of violence in Darfur. He returned to Khartoum
in May and July 2012 together with Jimmy Carter to meet President Omar
al-Bashir, as part of a two-stage Elders visit to the region to encourage a
return to dialogue between Sudan and South Sudan.
Since October 2008, Lakhdar Brahimi has been involved in the
reconciliation process and peace efforts in Cyprus between
Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots. Together with Desmond Tutu and Jimmy
Carter his commitment was translated into two other following visits to
the island, respectively in September and December 2009. He features in The
Elders’ documentary about the search for people who are still missing following
the violence of the 1960s and 1970s – Cyprus: Digging the Past in Search of the
Future – in which he discusses the difficulties of forgiveness with Archbishop
Desmond Tutu.
As part of The Elders’ work to promote Middle East peace,
Mr Brahimi joined the October 2010 delegation to the region, visiting Gaza,
Egypt, Syria and Jordan. In meetings with UN officials, civil society and
political leaders, he repeated his call for an end to Israeli occupation of
Palestinian territories, and stressed the need to work towards a two-state
solution. His support for peace and reconciliation in the Middle East was
further reiterated by his trip to Washington D.C. in July 2013 where, together
with Martti Ahtisaari, Jimmy Carter and Mary Robinson, he engaged in high-level
discussions on regional conflicts with prominent US leaders.
In December 2014, Lakhdar Brahimi joined fellow Elders Martti
Ahtisaari, Gro Harlem Brundtland and Hina Jilani to Myanmar where
they met with representatives from the government, the military and civil
society including ethnic women’s groups.
At the UN General Assembly in New York in September 2011,
Lakhdar Brahimi together with Desmond Tutu, Mary Robinson, Gro Harlem Brundtland
and Martti Ahtisaari launched The Elders’ new initiative on child marriage and
the Girls not Brides campaign.
Lakhdar Brahimi joined The Elders’ delegation to Moscow in April 2015. Led by Kofi
Annan, Mr Brahimi along with Martti Ahtisaari, Gro Harlem Brundtland, Jimmy
Carter and Ernesto Zedillo visited Russia to discuss key geopolitical issues.
During the trip, The Elders met with President Vladimir Putin, Foreign Minister
Sergey Lavrov, as well as former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev.
In September 2016, Lakhdar Brahimi together with Kofi Annan and
Martti Ahtisaari launched a report on refugees and migration following
their visit to Berlin. They heard a range of perspectives on the country's
response to the crisis: from Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Federal
President Joachim Gauck and business leaders, to civil society groups,
volunteers and refugees themselves.
In February 2017 he participated in the Munich Security
Conference together with Hina Jilani, Mary Robinson and Ernesto Zedillo,
including taking part in a panel discussion on the future of the Iran nuclear agreement.
In May 2017, Lakhdar Brahimi joined The Elders’ delegation to
New York to meet UN Secretary-General António Guterres. Led by Kofi Annan, Mr
Brahimi along with Gro Harlem Brundtland, Mary Robinson and Ernesto Zedillo
held talks on the new Secretary-General’s agenda and the major global threats
facing the international community. They also held a private meeting with the
UN Security Council in which Kofi Annan underscored the Security Council’s
special mandate to uphold global peace and security.
In June 2017, Lakhdar Brahimi addressed the UN Security Council
on the Israel-Palestineconflict,
marking 50 years of occupation.
In October 2017, Lakhdar Brahimi joined a panel discussion at
Chatham House to mark 100 years since the Balfour Declaration, during which he
reflected on Britain’s responsibility for political developments in the region
since 1917.
In October 2017, Lakhdar Brahimi joined young leaders in a walk
through central London for peace, tolerance and solidarity, as part of The
Elders’ #WalkTogether campaign - a year-long effort to
continue Nelson Mandela’s long walk to freedom by building global empathy and
supporting civil society on issues of peace, health, justice and equality.
In November 2017, Lakhdar Brahimi joined an Elders delegation to
The Vatican to meet Pope Francis. Led by Kofi Annan, Mr Brahimi along with Mary
Robinson and Ricardo Lagos expressed appreciation and support for His Holiness’
work on peace, refugees and climate change.
This followed a visit to a refugee reception centre near Catania on the Italian
island of Sicily, where the Elders showed solidarity refugees on the frontline
of Europe’s borders.
In December 2017, Lakhdar Brahimi joined an Elders delegation to
Paris to meet President Emmanuel Macron for a discussion on global challenges
from climate change to conflicts across the Middle East.
In February 2018, Lakhdar Brahimi joined the first Elders
delegation to Saudi Arabia to hold with HRH King Salman bin Abdulaziz. Led by
Kofi Annan, Mr Brahimi joined Martti Ahtisaari and Ernesto Zedillo in
talks that focused on the broad geopolitical and security environment in the
Middle East and the “Vision 2030” domestic reform agenda.
In February 2018, Lakhdar Brahimi joined Kofi Annan and Ernesto
Zedillo at the Munich Security Conference for panel discussions and bilateral
meetings on conflict resolution in the Middle East and wider global issues
including democracy and globalisation.
In July 2018, Lakhdar Brahimi joined Maarti Ahtisaari on the
first Elders’ delegation to Kuwait for talks with the Emir of Kuwait and its
senior leadership on the importance of dialogue on regional security issues.
In July 2018, Lakhdar Brahimi joined an Elders’ delegation to
South Africa to mark Nelson Mandela’s centenary - the culmination of The
Elders’ #WalkTogether campaign - and to meet President Obama. Following this,
Mr Brahimi joined Mary Robinson and Kofi Annan on a visit to Zimbabwe in support of those working towards an
inclusive transition for the country.
In February 2019, Lakhdar Brahimi joined Mary Robinson at the
Munich Security Conference to announce The Elders’ new initiative on nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation.
In addition to presenting The Elders’ ‘minimisation agenda’ on the main stage
of the conference, they held bilateral meetings with Russian Foreign Minister
Sergei Lavrov, Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, former US Senator Sam Nunn
and former US Energy Secretary Ernie Moniz, and the UN High Representative for
Disarmament Izumi Nakamitsu. They also met former Israeli Foreign Minister
Tzipi Livni to emphasise that only a credible two-state solution can bring
peace by offering justice to the Palestinians and security to Israelis.
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