Ahmad Allam-Mi

Ahmad Allam-Mi is a Chadian diplomat. He was the Minister of Foreign Affairs & African Integration of Chad from 2005 to 2008.

Allam-Mi's first diplomatic post was as First Adviser at the Chadian Embassy in Tripoli, Libya. Subsequently he was the "attaché" of the Cabinet to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs before being posted to the Chadian Embassy in Paris as First Adviser. He subsequently became "Chargé d'affaires" at the same embassy, then was promoted to the position of Ambassador of Chad to France, Switzerland, Spain, and UNESCO.Antoine Lukaso, [http://web.archive.org/web/20080228151942/http://www.chadembassy-usa.org/images/special_tchad.pdf "Faire du Tchad un grand chantier"] , "Diplomat Investissement", March-April 2006, page 39 fr icon.] He was Ambassador in the 1980s [cite news | title = Chad Disputes Libya on Victory | publisher = Associated Press ("The New York Times") | date = 18 September 1987| url =http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DEFD6163CF93BA2575AC0A961948260] and the 1990s, [ [http://www.icj-cij.org/cijwww/ccases/cdt/cDT_cr/cDT_cCR9329_19990708.PDF "Territorial Dispute Libya-Chad - Verbatim Record July 8 1993", International Court of Justice] ] holding the post for a total of over ten years on two separate occasions. Between his stints as Ambassador, he served briefly as Adviser to the Presidency of the Republic in charge of International Relations. He was subsequently appointed as Director-General of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, a position that he held for five years.

When Prime Minister Pascal Yoadimnadji reshuffled the government on 7 August, 2005, Allam-Mi was appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs and African Integration. [ [http://web.archive.org/web/20070701134126/http://www.izf.net/izf/Guide/Tchad/gouvernement.htm List of government ministers of Chad] , izf.net fr icon.] [ [http://rulers.org/2005-08.html Rulers.org, August 2005] .]

Allam-Mi told the United Nations General Assembly on 22 September, 2006, "the continuing armed conflict and humanitarian crisis engulfing Sudan's Darfur region threaten the security of the entire region." Allam-Mi said Chad has had to house over 300,000 refugees since the Darfur crisis began and at least 50,000 Chadians have been displaced and hundreds have died. Allam-Mi called on the United Nations to take over peacekeeping operations as approved in United Nations Security Council Resolution 1706, and that the deployment of peacekeepers would not violate Sudan's sovereignty. [ [http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article17793 "Darfur crisis threatens the regional security - Chad"] , United Nations ("Sudan Tribune"), 25 September 2006.]

On August 6, 2006, Allam-Mi attended the meeting in Beijing, People's Republic of China, where Chad and China formally re-established diplomatic ties. The two countries had initiated relations in 1972, but the PRC broke them off in 1997 when Chad established ties with the Republic of China. [ [http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-08/07/content_658120.htm "China, Chad resume diplomatic ties"] Xinhua (Chinadaily), 7 August 2006.]

In the government of Prime Minister Youssouf Saleh Abbas, which was announced on April 23 2008, Allam-Mi lost his post as Minister of Foreign Affairs, being replaced by Moussa Faki. [ [http://www.jeuneafrique.com/fluxafp/fil_info.asp?reg_id=0&art_cle=45149 "Tchad: l'opposition entre dans le nouveau gouvernement tchadien"] , AFP (Jeuneafrique.com), April 23, 2008 fr icon.]

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