Hama Arba Diallo

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Hama Arba Diallo (born 23 March 1939) is a Burkinabé politician, diplomat and civil servant.

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Diallo began entered the United Nations as the Director of the United Nations Sudano-Sahelian Office from 1979-1983. After leaving the U.N., Diallo became the foreign minister of Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) under Captain Thomas Sankara from 1983-1984. From 1988-1989, Diallo served as the ambassador to China, India and Japan. Thereafter, Diallo returned to the United Nations as the Special Representative of the Secretary General for the Conference on Environment and Development from 1990-1992 and Executive Secretary of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification since 1996.

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Preceded by
Michel Kafando		 Foreign Minister of Upper Volta
1983-1984		 Succeeded by
Basile Guissou
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