Giorgio Giacomelli Explained

Giorgio Giacomelli
Office:Italian Ambassador to Somalia
Term Start:12 June 1973
Term End:1976
Predecessor:Giulio Terruzzi
Office1:Italian Ambassador to Syria
Term Start1:25 September 1976
Term End1:1980
Predecessor1:Maurizio Bucci
Birth Date:30 January 1930
Birth Place:Milan
Death Place:Rome
Spouse:Elisabetta Belloni
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 – 27 December 1993

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://www.lavanguardia.com/politica/20170208/414152287046/fallecio-en-roma-el-ex-vicesecretario-general-de-la-onu-giorgio-giacomelli.html Falleció en Roma el ex vicesecretario general de la ONU, Giorgio Giacomelli
  2. Web site: Ambassador Giorgio Giacomelli . 2010-12-20 . 2017-02-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170211083201/http://www.globusetlocus.org/GGN/beta/data_web/pdf/bio/Giorgio_Giacomelli.pdf . dead .
  3. Benjamin N. Schiff, Refugees Unto the Third Generation: UN Aid to Palestinians, (Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1995), p. 293.