Maria do Valle Ribeiro

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Maria do Valle Ribeiro[1] or Maria Ribeiro[2] (born 1957 (age 67–68) in Portugal[1]) is a United Nations diplomat. On 8 November 2016 she was appointed as the United Nations Deputy Special Representative and Deputy Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL).[1]

Education

Do Valle Ribeiro graduated from the University of Wales with a Master of Science in economic development policy and planning.[3]

Career

Do Valle Ribeiro has held many positions as a United Nations representative. She was the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Angola.[when?] She was later the United Nations Deputy Special Representative in Guinea-Bissau.[when?]

From 2008 to 2010 she was the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Mauritania. She has held several positions with UNICEF in Africa, Guyana, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago.[3]

On 8 November 2016 she was appointed as the United Nations Deputy Special Representative and Deputy Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL).[1] In May 2019 during the 2019 Western Libya Offensive, she stated that the 18 May militia attack on the Great Man-Made River project, which supplies most of Tripoli's water, could constitute a war crime.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Secretary-General Appoints Maria do Valle Ribeiro of Ireland Deputy Special Representative for Libya". United Nations. 8 November 2016. Archived from the original on 27 August 2021. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Libya armed group cuts off water supply to Tripoli". Al Jazeera English. 21 May 2019. Archived from the original on 21 May 2019. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Maria do Valle Ribeiro, DSRSG and UN Resident Coordinator". UNIOGBIS. United Nations. 6 February 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2016.


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