Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Hilale had been serving as Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Morocco since 2005. From 2001 to 2005, he served as Permanent Representative of Morocco to the United Nations Office at Geneva. From 1982 to 1991, Mr. Hilale also served at the Mission of Morocco to the United Nations Office at Geneva, first as First Secretary and then as Counselor and Deputy Head of Mission.

A career diplomat, Mr. Hilale was Morocco’s Ambassador to Indonesia, concurrently also Ambassador of Morocco to Singapore, Australia and New Zealand, from 1996 to 2001. He also served as Deputy Head of Mission at the Moroccan Embassy in Monrovia from 1979 to 1980; First Secretary at the Moroccan Embassy in Addis Ababa from 1976 to 1979; and Second Secretary at the Moroccan Embassy in Algiers from 1975 to 1976. Mr. Hilale joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Morocco in 1974. In addition to the above mentioned posts, he has also served at the Ministry in Rabat in various capacities. Mr. Hilale has a Bachelor degree in political sciences from the Mohammed V University in Rabat (1974).

Information about Morocco as a Member Country of the South Centre.

Jamaica appoints Peter C. Black as the new Permanent Representative to the UN Office at Geneva.

Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Black had been serving as Jamaica’s High Commissioner to Trinidad and Tobago since 2005. Concurrently, he had been serving as non-resident Ambassador of Jamaica to Suriname and High Commissioner to Barbados, Guyana and the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States. From 2001 to 2005, he was Under-Secretary at the Bilateral and Regional Affairs Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Jamaica. Concurrently, he served as Ambassador and Special Envoy to the Caribbean Community and Common Market and non-resident Ambassador of Jamaica to Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

A career diplomat, Mr. Black served as Jamaica’s Ambassador to Germany from 1992 to 2001, concurrently serving as non-resident Ambassador to Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, the Russian Federation, Switzerland, Israel and the Vatican. He joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade in 1968, and other foreign postings include at the Jamaican High Commission in London from 1979 to 1972; the Permanent Mission of Jamaica to the United Nations office at Geneva from 1972 to 1973; the Embassy of Jamaica in Paris from 1973 to 1975; the Embassy of Jamaica in Bonn from 1978 to 1983; and the Embassy of Jamaica in Moscow from 1983 to 1987. From 1989 to 1992, he served as Executive Assistant to the Executive Chairman of the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica and Special Adviser to the Prime Minister, concurrently serving as non-resident Ambassador of Jamaica to Cuba.

Mr. Black has a BA in economics and history from the University of the West Indies in Kingston, Jamaica (1968), a diploma in international relations from Oxford University in the United Kingdom (1979), and a certificate in business management from the University of the West Indies (1989).

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October 2008

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Tanzania has made a contribution of Euro 150,000 to the activities of the South Centre.

October 2008.