Roble Olhaye

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Roble Olhaye (born 24 April 1944) is the Permanent Representative to the United Nations for the Republic of Djibouti. He has been Permanent Representative to the United Nations and Ambassador of Djibouti to the United States since 1988. In 1989, Olhaye was appointed as non-resident Ambassador to Canada. He is married and has five children.

Education

Olhaye Intermediate Diploma in Commerce from the Addis Ababa Commercial College. After studying in the field of accounting, finance, taxation, law and management, he received qualification as a professional accountant in England. He is a Fellow of the Association of International Accountants (UK) and a member of the British Institute of Management.

Career

After being appointed as the Permanent Representative, Olhaye has represented Djibouti in the Security Council, served as President of the Security Council and Chairman of the Sanctions Committee established by United Nations Security Council Resolution 841 on Haiti. While a member of the Security Council Mission to Mozambique, he helped in the process of democratic elections held in 1994. As Dean of the African diplomatic corps in Washington D.C., he received one of Djibouti’s highest medals of honor awards for improving how the nation was viewed internationally

Prior to his appoint to the Permanent Representative post, he served as Djibouti’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat). He also served as Honorary Consul of Djibouti to Kenya and established ongoing diplomatic relations between the two nations. He has also worked in the private section with commerce, finance, and management.

ee also

*List of Permanent Representatives to the UN

References

* [http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/1999/19990914.bio3247.doc.html United Nation Press Release Roble Olhaye of Djibouti elected Chairman of Second Committee]

External links

* [http://www.un.int/wcm/content/site/djibouti/pid/3758 Permanent Mission of the Republic of Djibouti to the UN]