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H.E. Waheed Waheedullah
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H.E. Ambassador Waheed Waheedullah is both an academic and a practitioner in the fields of social & political sciences, diplomacy and international relations and has worked for the United Nations since 1994. Having served in various capacities, Ambassador Waheedullah is best known for his work within the UN and the international community at large and for his contribution to the spheres of peacekeeping, peace-building, peace-making, conflict prevention, conflict management and conflict resolution. Ambassador Waheedullah identified “The Cause” and “The Legacies” of the conflicts in Afghanistan and the former Republics of Yugoslavia, and was a key architect in designing the solutions for these crises. He was a key contributor towards developing the “Implementation Mechanisms” for the UN-facilitated Peace Process in Kosovo and continues to be instrumental in promoting this cause to members of the General Assembly. Ambassador Waheedullah was heavily involved in designing the UN-facilitated Bonn Agreement for a comprehensive political settlement of the ongoing conflict in Afghanistan. He is currently collaborating as part of a team of ambassadors and diplomats to design and implement a new peace initiative in this Central Asian state aimed at achieving a durable peace, fostering stability and creating the necessary preconditions to rebuild the country. Ambassador Waheedullah is currently a member of the Executive Board of International Academy of Dialogue Among Cultures and Civilizations based in Warsaw, a founding member of International Academy of Emerging Markets based in New York, a faculty member of the British Training Center for International Peacekeeping Operations based in Sana Loger in Germany, and serving as the Deputy Chairman on the Executive Boards of the World Energy Forum and the World Water Organization. While serving as the Head of UN Regional Office in the Balkans, Ambassador Waheedullah founded the Diplomatic Academy of Albania as well as the United Nations National Association of Albania (UNAA). Ambassador Waheed Waheedullah has a Master’s in Public Administration and Conflict Management at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, a Masters Degree in Social and Political Sciences at the Institute of Social Sciences, International Relations and Diplomacy of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan and a Bachelor of Arts with majors in Letters and Humanities from the University of Kabul, Afghanistan. Ambassador Waheedullah has contributed to publications, articles and essays on international conflict and security, and has conducted interviews in the fields of political sciences, diplomacy, international relations, peacekeeping and peace-building operations. He has also spoken and written publicly on the various dimensions and distinctions of multiethnic, multilingual, multicultural and multi-religious communities/societies in the Balkans, the problems these communities confront as well as the settlements that could be explored to achieve peace and harmony in multi-cultural communities. Ambassador Waheedullah speaks English, French, Arabic, Serbo-Croat, Persian, Pashtu and Urdu. See Also
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