OBJ gets UN job

Previous President Olusegun Obasanjo has been selected into the United
Nations (UN) High-Level Advisory Board on Mediation alongside 17 other present and previous worldwide pioneers.

The Secretary-General, Antonio Gutierrez had in September declared the foundation of the board to give him exhortation on intervention activities and back particular intercession endeavors the world over.

The Board is made out of 18 present and previous worldwide pioneers, senior authorities and famous specialists who unite an unparalleled scope of experience, abilities, information and contacts.

The Secretary-General clarified that the foundation of the Board is a piece of the "surge in tact for peace" he has reliably pushed, and gives due need to the anticipation and intervention work of the United Nations.

The Board is relied upon to enable the UN to work all the more viably with territorial associations, non-legislative gatherings and others engaged with intercession around the globe.

In the declaration of the arrangements, the world body depicted Obasanjo as a standout amongst the most recognized senior statesmen of Africa.

It included: "He filled in as President of the Republic of Nigeria from 1999 to 2007, and before that as the Head of the Federal Military Government of Nigeria and Commander-in-Chief of the Nigerian Armed Forces from 1976 to 1979. Over his long profession, Mr. Obasanjo has been associated with various global intervention endeavors, incorporating into Angola, Burundi, Mozambique, Namibia and South Africa.

"In 2008 he was named the UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy on the Great Lakes district."

Likewise selected into the board are President Michelle Bachelet (Chile) who is serving her second non-sequential term as president; Radhika Coomaraswamy (Sri Lanka); a 2011 Nobel Peace Laureate, Leymah Gbowee (Liberia); Jean-Marie Guéhenno (France), previous President of Finland, Tarja Halonen (Finland); David Harland (New Zealand), Noeleen Heyzer (Singapore), and Nasser Judeh (Jordan).

Others are Ramtane Lamamra (Algeria), Graça Machel (Mozambique), Asha-Rose Migiro (Tanzania), Raden Mohammad and Marty Muliana Natalegawa (Indonesia).

Additionally delegated into the board are Roza Otunbayeva (Kyrgyzstan), Michèle Pierre-Louis (Haiti), José Manuel Ramos-Horta (Timor-Leste), Gert Rosenthal (Guatemala) and Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby (United Kingdom).