Giorgio Giacomelli

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]

Giorgio Giacomelli
Italian Ambassador to Somalia
In office
12 June 1973 – 1976
Preceded byGiulio Terruzzi
Succeeded byMarcello Salimei
Italian Ambassador to Syria
In office
25 September 1976 – 1980
Preceded byMaurizio Bucci
Succeeded byAldo Pugliese
Personal details
Born(1930-01-30)30 January 1930
Milan
Died8 February 2017(2017-02-08) (aged 87)
Rome
SpouseElisabetta Belloni
Alma materUniversity of Padova

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

References
  1. Falleció en Roma el ex vicesecretario general de la ONU, Giorgio Giacomelli (in Spanish)
  2. Ambassador Giorgio Giacomelli
  3. Benjamin N. Schiff, Refugees Unto the Third Generation: UN Aid to Palestinians, (Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1995), p. 293.
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