Salim Salim (Tanzania)

Positions
From	To	Organisation	Position
2007		AU/UN Joint Mediation Team 2007	AU Special Envoy on Darfur
2007		Mo Ibrahim Foundation	Board Member
2006		AU Mission in the Sudan	AU Special Envoy for the Darfur Talks & Chief Mediator
1989	2001	African Union	Secretary General OAU
1984	1985	Prime Minister's Office	Prime Minister

Date of Birth	23 Jan 1942
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Notes	Educated at Delhi and Columbia Universities, Mr Salim began his political career in international diplomacy, serving as Ambassador to the Arab Republic of Egypt (1964-1965), High Commissioner to India (1965-1968), Ambassador to the People's Republic of China (1969) and Permanent Representative to the UN in New York (1970). A leading figure in the fight against apartheid, Mr Salim has served as Chairman of the United Nations Security Council Commission on Sanctions against Rhodesia, President of the International Conference on Sanctions against South Africa and President of the Paris International Conference on Apartheid. Chairing the United Nations Special Committee on Decolonisation, he helped entrench a new era of independence across the continent. He was elected President of the United Nations Security Council in 1976 and went on to serve as President of the Thirty-Fourth Session of the United Nations General Assembly in September 1979. Leaving the UN in 1980, Salim Ahmed Salim returned to Tanzania where he became a significant figure in domestic politics, holding several senior Ministerial positions as well as Prime Minister (1984-85). He was later elected Secretary General of the Organisation of African Unity, overseeing its transformation into the African Union. [ http://www.moibrahimfoundation.org/the-;board.asp - Retrieved on 29 NOV 2007 ]

Record last updated on 29 APR 2008