{"id":6957,"date":"2015-09-14T13:33:40","date_gmt":"2015-09-14T17:33:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/71development\/?page_id=6957"},"modified":"2017-07-13T18:16:39","modified_gmt":"2017-07-13T22:16:39","slug":"biography-amakrane","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/71\/pga-team\/biography-amakrane\/","title":{"rendered":"Kamal Amakrane"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #00aeef;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\">Director<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><hr class=\"wc-shortcodes-divider wc-shortcodes-item wc-shortcodes-divider-line-single wc-shortcodes-divider-style-solid \"  \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/71\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2015\/09\/Kamal_2.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/71\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2015\/09\/Kamal_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-80959 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/71\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2015\/09\/Kamal_2-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"Kamal Amakrane\" width=\"150\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a>Kamal Amakrane is the Director in the Office of the President of the 71st Session of the United Nations General Assembly (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵGA), with special responsibilities for migration, refugees, and human trafficking issues. In this context, he leads the Office&#8217;s engagement in the intergovernmental negotiations towards the adoption of the Global Compact for Migration\u00a0and the Political Declaration on Combatting Trafficking in Persons, as well as the implementation of the New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">This builds on his earlier work steering efforts leading to the adoption of the New York Declaration (2015-2016), when he was the Political Director of the Office of the President of the 70th Session of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵGA, overseeing political, human rights, humanitarian and legal issues.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Prior to his work for the General Assembly, Kamal has an accomplished track record as a senior Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ official. He served as Chief of Staff of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Operation in Cote d\u2019Ivoire (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵOCI), where he advanced the coordination of Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ\u2019s peacekeeping, political, electoral and rule of law engagements &amp; programs in the country. He also directed Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵOCI\u2019s Ebola response efforts (2013-2015).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Before taking up his appointment in Abidjan, Kamal led the Office of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ-African Union Joint Special Representative for Darfur &amp; Head of Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵAMID, where he oversaw the crafting and execution of Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵAMID\u2019s strategy for the protection of civilians in Darfur and assisted with the implementation of the Doha Peace Agreement (2011-2013). From 2008 to 2011, he served as Special Assistant to the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Envoy to Myanmar, tasked to advance the democratic transition in Myanmar and negotiate the release of Aung San Suu Kyi.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Previously, Kamal had spent many years supporting the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ\u2019s engagement towards the stabilization of Iraq. He was part of the early missions working on the political transition in Iraq and tasked with organizing the country\u2019s first elections (2004-2007) and then assisted with the negotiation and implementation of the International Compact with Iraq (2007-2008).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">His international career began in the Office of Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Secretary-General Kofi Annan (2002), after which he joined the Office of Arab League\u2019s Secretary-General Amr Moussa, advising on Iraq issues (2003). Prior to devoting himself to international cooperation, Kamal was working on sustainable development and urban planning issues in his home country Morocco (1998-2001).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Kamal was elected to the Executive Board of Sciences Po Paris in 2002 &amp; 2003, and was appointed Yale World Fellow in 2012. He is an Architect and a graduate of Sciences Po Paris and Columbia University (SIPA). He speaks fluent Spanish, English, French, Arabic and Amazigh.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><div class=\"woo-sc-divider\"><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Director Kamal Amakrane is the Director in the Office of the President of the 71st Session of the United Nations General Assembly (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵGA), with special responsibilities for migration, refugees, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":90,"featured_media":0,"parent":4071,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-6957","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kamal Amakrane - General Assembly of the United Nations<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/71\/president__trashed\/pga-team\/biography-amakrane\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kamal Amakrane - General Assembly of the United Nations\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Director Kamal Amakrane is the Director in the Office of the President of the 71st Session of the United Nations General Assembly (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵGA), with special responsibilities for migration, refugees, and [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/71\/president__trashed\/pga-team\/biography-amakrane\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"General Assembly of the United Nations\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-07-13T22:16:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2015\/09\/Kamal_2-e1479315828587.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1157\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1734\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.un.org\\\/pga\\\/71\\\/president__trashed\\\/pga-team\\\/biography-amakrane\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.un.org\\\/pga\\\/71\\\/president__trashed\\\/pga-team\\\/biography-amakrane\\\/\",\"name\":\"Kamal Amakrane - General Assembly of the United Nations\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.un.org\\\/pga\\\/71\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.un.org\\\/pga\\\/71\\\/president__trashed\\\/pga-team\\\/biography-amakrane\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.un.org\\\/pga\\\/71\\\/president__trashed\\\/pga-team\\\/biography-amakrane\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.un.org\\\/pga\\\/71\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/40\\\/2015\\\/09\\\/Kamal_2-240x300.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-09-14T17:33:40+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-07-13T22:16:39+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.un.org\\\/pga\\\/71\\\/president__trashed\\\/pga-team\\\/biography-amakrane\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.un.org\\\/pga\\\/71\\\/president__trashed\\\/pga-team\\\/biography-amakrane\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.un.org\\\/pga\\\/71\\\/president__trashed\\\/pga-team\\\/biography-amakrane\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.un.org\\\/pga\\\/71\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/40\\\/2015\\\/09\\\/Kamal_2-240x300.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.un.org\\\/pga\\\/71\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/40\\\/2015\\\/09\\\/Kamal_2-240x300.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.un.org\\\/pga\\\/71\\\/president__trashed\\\/pga-team\\\/biography-amakrane\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.un.org\\\/pga\\\/71\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Office of the President of the General Assembly\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.un.org\\\/pga\\\/71\\\/president__trashed\\\/pga-team\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Kamal Amakrane\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.un.org\\\/pga\\\/71\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.un.org\\\/pga\\\/71\\\/\",\"name\":\"71st Session General Assembly of the United Nations\",\"description\":\"President of the 71st session\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.un.org\\\/pga\\\/71\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.un.org\\\/pga\\\/71\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.un.org\\\/pga\\\/71\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"General Assembly of the United Nations\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.un.org\\\/pga\\\/71\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.un.org\\\/pga\\\/71\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.un.org\\\/pga\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/40\\\/2016\\\/09\\\/pga71logo_without-tagline.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.un.org\\\/pga\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/40\\\/2016\\\/09\\\/pga71logo_without-tagline.jpg\",\"width\":400,\"height\":456,\"caption\":\"General Assembly of the United Nations\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.un.org\\\/pga\\\/71\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Kamal Amakrane - General Assembly of the United Nations","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/71\/president__trashed\/pga-team\/biography-amakrane\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Kamal Amakrane - General Assembly of the United Nations","og_description":"Director Kamal Amakrane is the Director in the Office of the President of the 71st Session of the United Nations General Assembly (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵGA), with special responsibilities for migration, refugees, and [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/71\/president__trashed\/pga-team\/biography-amakrane\/","og_site_name":"General Assembly of the United Nations","article_modified_time":"2017-07-13T22:16:39+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1157,"height":1734,"url":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2015\/09\/Kamal_2-e1479315828587.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/71\/president__trashed\/pga-team\/biography-amakrane\/","url":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/71\/president__trashed\/pga-team\/biography-amakrane\/","name":"Kamal Amakrane - General Assembly of the United Nations","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/71\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/71\/president__trashed\/pga-team\/biography-amakrane\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/71\/president__trashed\/pga-team\/biography-amakrane\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/71\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2015\/09\/Kamal_2-240x300.jpg","datePublished":"2015-09-14T17:33:40+00:00","dateModified":"2017-07-13T22:16:39+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/71\/president__trashed\/pga-team\/biography-amakrane\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/71\/president__trashed\/pga-team\/biography-amakrane\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/71\/president__trashed\/pga-team\/biography-amakrane\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/71\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2015\/09\/Kamal_2-240x300.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/71\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2015\/09\/Kamal_2-240x300.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/71\/president__trashed\/pga-team\/biography-amakrane\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/71\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Office of the President of the General Assembly","item":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/71\/president__trashed\/pga-team\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Kamal Amakrane"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/71\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/71\/","name":"71st Session General Assembly of the United Nations","description":"President of the 71st session","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/71\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/71\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/71\/#organization","name":"General Assembly of the United Nations","url":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/71\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/71\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2016\/09\/pga71logo_without-tagline.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2016\/09\/pga71logo_without-tagline.jpg","width":400,"height":456,"caption":"General Assembly of the United Nations"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/71\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/71\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/71\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/71\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/71\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/90"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/71\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6957"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/71\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6957\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/71\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/71\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}