ALI HACHANI ELECTED CHAIRMAN OF THIRD COMMITTEE
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BIO/3183
GA/SHC/3462
ALI HACHANI ELECTED CHAIRMAN OF THIRD COMMITTEE
19980909 Biographical Note Ali Hachani, who was this afternoon elected Chairman of the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural), for the fifty-third session of the General Assembly, has served as the Permanent Representative of Tunisia to the United Nations since September 1997.In the two years prior to his appointment as Permanent Representative, Mr. Hachani held the following posts in Tunisia's Foreign Ministry: Director for Research Analysis and Planning; Director for Relations with members of the European Union; and Director-General for Europe. From 1992 to 1995, he was Tunisia's Ambassador to Cape Verde, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau and Senegal, with residence in Dakar.
After entering the Foreign Ministry in 1968, Mr. Hachani worked in the Department of International Cooperation until 1972, when he became Counsellor at Tunisia's Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York. While in that post, which he held until 1979, he participated in a number of General Assembly sessions, as well as technical committees and international conferences.
Upon his return to Tunis, he served for six months in the Prime Minister's Office. Subsequently, Mr. Hachani was appointed Deputy Director for Multilateral Cooperation in the Foreign Ministry, where he went on to become Director of Multilateral Cooperation and Cooperation among Developing Countries. From 1985 to 1990, he was Tunisia's Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates. He was later appointed Director of Bilateral and Regional Cooperation with Arab, African and Asian Countries in the Foreign Ministry.
Mr. Hachani graduated from Tunis University in 1968, where he studied English language and literature. From 1969 to 1970, he attended a training programme in international relations for diplomats at Columbia University.
Born on 19 September 1946, Mr. Hachani is married and has four children.
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