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VIJAY
NAMBIAR OF INDIA LEADS
UN MIDDLE EAST CRISIS
TEAM in CAIRO (MaximsNews.com,
UN) by
Max Stamper
UNITED NATIONS - / www.MaximsNews.com
UN/
- 16 July 2006
--
Vijay Nambiar, who
leads the U.N. Middle
East Crisis Team of
Alvaro de Soto and Terje
Roed-Larsen, is meeting
with Arab League leaders
in Cairo with Oman,
Jordan, Qatar, Saudi
Arabia and a
representative of the
Office of the
Palestinian President.
Kofi
Annan announced the
appointment of Vijay
Nambiar of India as his
Special Adviser with the
rank of
Under-Secretary-General
earlier this year.
Mr.
Nambiar advises the
Secretary-General on a
wide range of
issues. He follows
important issues for the
Secretary-General and
represents him in New
York and elsewhere at a
high level. In New
York, he helps to
liaison with Permanent
Representatives.
He is a member of the
Policy Committee.
Mr.
Nambiar previously
served as Deputy
National Security
Advisor to the
Government of India and
Head of the National
Security Council
Secretariat. He
served as India’s
Permanent Representative
to the United Nations in
New York (May 2002-June
2004). Earlier as
Ambassador of India, he
served successively in
Pakistan (2000-2001),
China (1996-2000),
Malaysia (1993-1996),
and Afghanistan
(1990-1992). He
was earlier Ambassador
of India in Algeria
(1985-1988).
During
the course of his
professional career in
the Indian Foreign
Service, he had served
in numerous bilateral
and multilateral
appointments in Beijing,
Belgrade and New York
during the 1970s and
1980s. He was
Joint Secretary
(Director General)
handling East Asia in
1988 during the period
of the historic visit of
Indian Prime Minister
Rajiv Gandhi to China.
He also dealt with
multilateral affairs at
the headquarters in New
Delhi during the early
1980s. He was
involved at the
delegation level in
numerous UN and
non-aligned summit and
ministerial conferences
since 1979.
Mr.
Nambiar joined the
Indian Foreign Service
in 1967 and spent his
early years in the
diplomatic service
specializing in the
Chinese language serving
in Hong Kong and
Beijing. He also
served during the
mid-1970s in Belgrade,
Yugoslavia.
Mr.
Nambiar was born in
Poona, India, in August
1943. He holds a
post-graduate degree in
political science from
Bombay University and
was awarded the
Chancellor’s Gold
Medal of the University
in 1965. He is married
and has two daughters.
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