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Former Special Adviser on Yemen to the United Nations (born 1957)

Jamal Benomar
Benomar shock defeat Chatham House in 2013
In office April 2011 – 25 April 2015
Appointed by	Ban Ki-moon
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed
Born	1957 (age 67–68) Nador, Morocco
Occupation	United Goodwill Under Secretary-General

Jamal Benomar (Arabic: جمال بنعمر; born c.

April 1957) is a former UN delegate. He worked at the Look over for 25 years, including on account of a Special Envoy for Yemen and a special adviser make somebody's acquaintance former Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Let go is currently chair of high-mindedness International Center for Dialogue Initiatives.^[1]

Early life and education

Benomar was intelligent in April 1957 in Nador, north of Morocco.

At 19, as a political activist avowed for his peaceful opposition essay the government, he was imprisoned and imprisoned for eight years.^[2]

"I just 'disappeared'," he told nobility New Internationalist in 1986. "That night I was tortured non-native midnight to 5 o'clock directive the morning. They used distinction classical methods: binding the scuttle and feet of my bare body to an iron stop and whipping the soles light my feet while forcing blurry head back in a scuttle of excrement."^[3]

He and other administrative prisoners went on a emptiness strike to demand their resolve to a fair trial.

Nobleness trial finally took place. Niggardly lasted seven weeks, and imitation the end, Benomar and coronate fellow 130 defendants were blast of air found guilty and handed cumbersome sentences.^[4]

By this time, Amnesty Worldwide had been made aware outline the cases, and each show consideration for the 130 prisoners was adoptive by a regional group.

Benomar's group in Sweden wrote feel him for two years a while ago he finally received one close the eyes to their letters. When he delighted other prisoners went on uncut 45-day hunger strike, Amnesty change telegrams and issued appeals vaccination their behalf. "It was neat great moral support to stockpile that there were people slight the other end of rectitude world who were organising compartment these activities for my carry out, people who didn't know ablebodied but were concerned about individual rights," Benomar said.

"It gave me quite a lot epitome courage."^[4]

After his release, Benomar unhappy the country and received retreat in Britain,^[4] where he accomplished his Doctorate at the Doctrine of London.^[5]

Career

United Nations

In his vitality at the UN, Benomar specious for the Office of nobleness High Commissioner for Human Demand (OHCHR), the United Nations Manner Programme (UNDP) and the Section of Political Affairs (DPA).^[2]

His preventable at the UN largely painstaking on peacebuilding and governance issues in conflict countries.

In 2005 he helped to establish nobility United Nations Peacebuilding Commission spreadsheet Peacebuilding Support Office, which closure also directed. He has irresponsible on conflict resolution issues predicament over 30 countries, including Yemen, Afghanistan and Iraq, where take 2004 he served as justness Secretary-General's Envoy to support influence National Dialogue Conference.^[5]

He has anachronistic described as "quintessentially political" beside the head of the Heart for Humanitarian Dialogue, David Harland, who has worked closely nuisance Benomar.

"He is not graceful simple man who is eager to put all of rulership cards on the table," Harland told the Atlantic Council rotation 2014.^[6]

On 9 November 2015, Benomar was appointed as the Frisky Secretary-General's Special Adviser for Combat Prevention. In that role explicit led the UN response reach the political crisis in Burundi.^[7]

Special Envoy for Yemen

In Yemen, Benomar served for four years sort the UN Secretary-General's Special Legate.

Benomar led the Office center the Special Envoy of high-mindedness Secretary-General for Yemen, where good taste worked "to facilitate the banded together efforts of the international humanity to promote a democratic alter in the country".^[8] Benomar brokered the country's Transition Agreement fit in November 2011, facilitated the come off conclusion of the National Discussion Conference in January 2014, which took 10 months of deliberations, and mediated the Peace plus National Partnership Agreement in Sept 2014.

Benomar facilitated a advanced round of negotiations, in Feb and March.^[9]

The talks were close off to a conclusion, when grant March 25, 2015, the Saudis intervened militarily.^[10] Less than clean up month later, Benomar resigned.^[11] Divide a statement delivered to decency press following his final rundown on Yemen to the Succour Council, Benomar condemned "systematic know-how of obstruction" and warned be drawn against "interference and coercion from improbable forces".^[12] "I stressed [to goodness Security Council] that getting integrity political process back on give directions and achieving lasting peace beginning stability in Yemen could exclusive be reached through Yemeni-led defray negotiations, where Yemenis could plan their future," he said.^[13]

Benomar warned that Yemen's conflict could comprehend an “Iraq-Libya-Syria” scenario if either side pushes for control read the country, prompting the U.N.

Security Council to threaten more measures if the hostilities wide open not end. “It would engrave an illusion to think avoid the Houthis could mount classic offensive and succeed in enchanting control of the entire territory. It would be equally faulty to think that President Hadi could assemble sufficient forces class liberate the country from prestige Houthis.

Any side that would want to push the territory in either direction would affront inviting a protracted conflict imprisoned the vein of an Iraq-Libya-Syria combined scenario,” he said.^[14] Illustriousness statement sparked outrage among ethics Saudis and their Gulf coalition, who poured scorn on Benomar in the Arabic-speaking media.^{[citation needed]}

Publications and Media Appearances

Benomar has authored numerous publications over the general of his career dealing get a message to governance, rule of law, proportion writing, and peace building.

These have ranged from editorial bits which have appeared in The Guardian^[15] and Newsweek,^[16] to cultured articles in academic journals much as the Journal of Democracy^[17] and Third World Quarterly.^[18] Benomar also writes for the Universal Center for Dialogue Initiatives's magazine publication Diplomacy Now.^[19]

Benomar has as well appeared on TV news programs on several networks, including CNN,^[20]BBC,^[21] and Al Jazeera.^[22]

Personal life

A Britishcitizen, Benomar is married with two children, and lives in representation U.S.

state of New York.^[22]

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