Giorgio Giacomelli
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Giorgio Giacomelli | |
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 Giacomelli (left) with Argentine president Carlos Menem at the Casa Rosada, December 1996 | |
| Italian ambassador to Somalia | |
| In office 12 June 1973 – 1976 | |
| Preceded by | Giulio Terruzzi |
| Succeeded by | Marcello Salimei |
| Italian ambassador to Syria | |
| In office 25 September 1976 – 1980 | |
| Preceded by | Maurizio Bucci |
| Succeeded by | Aldo Pugliese |
| Director General of UNRWA | |
| In office 1985–1991 | |
| Preceded by | Olof Rydbeck |
| Succeeded by | İlter Türkmen |
| Executive Director of UNODC | |
| In office 1991–1997 | |
| Preceded by | Margaret Anstee |
| Succeeded by | Pino Arlacchi |
| UN Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories | |
| In office 1999–2001 | |
| Preceded by | Hannu Halinen |
| Succeeded by | John Dugard |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 30 January 1930 Milan, Kingdom of Italy |
| Died | 8 February 2017 (aged 87) Rome, Italy |
| Spouse | Elisabetta Belloni |
| Alma mater | |
Giorgio Giacomelli (Italian pronunciation: [ˈdʒordʒo dʒakoˈmɛlli]; 25 January 1930 – 8 February 2017)[1] was an Italian diplomat who represented Italy as ambassador to Somalia and Syria. He was UNRWA's Commissioner-General from 1985 to 1991 and UN Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories from 1999 to 2001.[2]
A native of Milan, Giacomelli studied at the University of Padua, the University of Cambridge and the Geneva Graduate Institute.[3]
He was the Italian ambassador to Somalia from 1973 to 1976 and ambassador to Syria from 1976 to 1980. In 1981 he became Director-General for Emigration and Social Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and then, until October 1985, Director–General of the Department of Cooperation and Development. From 1985 to 1991 he was Commissioner-General of UNWRA.[2] Giacomelli left UNRWA when he was appointed by UN Secretary-General Javier Pérez de Cuéllar to become head of the UN's anti-drug campaign and, contextually, the director of the United Nations Office at Vienna.[4]
