Adama Dieng

United Nations Special Advisor on the Prevention of Genocide

Biography

Adama Dieng is a former United Nations Under-Secretary-general and Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide, a position he held from July 2012 to July 2020. He is a well-acclaimed expert on law, Human Rights, and Criminal Justice, receiving several distinctions across the world.

“This platform, Ubuntu United Nations, is extraordinary for its construction on two values: the African Ubuntu philosophy “I am, because you are” and the unity of purpose “we the people” – the opening statement of the United Nations Charter.”

Adama Dieng
UBUNTU UNITED NATIONS: LEADING LIKE MANDELA 2021