Giorgio Giacomelli
Giorgio Giacomelli | |
|---|---|
| Italian Ambassador to Somalia | |
| In office 12 June 1973 – 1976 | |
| Preceded by | |
| Succeeded by | |
| Italian Ambassador to Syria | |
| In office 25 September 1976 – 1980 | |
| Preceded by | Maurizio Bucci |
| Succeeded by | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 30 January 1930 Milan |
| Died | 8 February 2017 (aged 87) Rome |
| Alma mater | University of Padova |
Giorgio Giacomelli (25 January 1930 in Milan – 8 February 2017 in Rome)[1] was an Italian diplomat who represented Italy as ambassador to Somalia and Syria and was UNRWA's Commissioner-General from 1985 to 1991.[2]
Biography[]
Giacomelli was the Italian Ambassador to Somalia from 1973 to 1976 and Ambassador to Syria from 1976 to 1980. In 1981 he became Director-General for Emigration and Social Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and then, until October 1985, Director–General of the Department of Cooperation and Development. From 1985 to 1991 he was Commissioner-General of UNWRA.[2] Giacomelli left UNRWA when he was appointed by UN Secretary-General Javier Pérez de Cuéllar to become head of the UN's anti-drug campaign.[3]
Honors[]
Order of Merit of the Italian Republic 1st Class / Knight Grand Cross – December 27, 1993
See also[]
- List of Directors and Commissioners-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Italy)
- Foreign relations of Italy
References[]
- ^ Falleció en Roma el ex vicesecretario general de la ONU, Giorgio Giacomelli (in Spanish)
- ^ a b Ambassador Giorgio Giacomelli
- ^ Benjamin N. Schiff, Refugees Unto the Third Generation: UN Aid to Palestinians, (Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1995), p. 293.
- 1930 births
- 2017 deaths
- Ambassadors of Italy to Syria
- Ambassadors of Italy to Somalia
- Italian diplomats
- UNRWA officials
- Italian officials of the United Nations
- Knights Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic