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Youssoufou Bamba

Ivorian diplomat

Youssoufou Bamba (born 31 December - ) was an Ivorian diplomat. He served as the Permanent Representative of Côte d'Ivoire to the United Nations from to ; when he was appointed to the position by Alassane Ouattara after the latter claimed victory in the disputed presidential election of that year.

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Prior to working in politics, Mr Bamba received degrees from Institut International d'Administration Publique and the University of Abidjan.[1]

Career

Bamba began his career in government in in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and eventually rose to the position of Assistant to the Minister for Foreign Affairs.

In he began his first diplomatic deployment in the Ivorian embassy to Canada. In , he was moved to the Ivory Coast's permanent mission in New York as Counsellor, where he worked for 5 years.[1] On October 10, , he was appointed Ivorian Ambassador to the United States, recalled on October 30, and left on October 31,

His later career consisted of numerous overseas postings as an Ambassador, in such countries as Japan, the United Kingdom, and Australia.

He also worked with the International Atomic Energy Agency from until [1]

During the unrest between President Alassane Ouattara and ousted leader Laurent Gbagbo, Bamba described the country as "on the verge of genocide" and, after peacekeeping forces withdrew, successfully negotiated the use of UAVs to patrol the border with Liberia.[2][3]

He was fired from his post in the United Nations in March after the French magazine 'Jeune Afrique' quoted him as saying that West Sahara was ""the one territory that is not yet autonomous in Africa."[4]

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  2. ^Smith, David (December 31, ). "Ivory Coast 'on brink of genocide'". The Guardian. pp.&#;GUARDIAN INTERNATIONAL PAGES, Pg.
  3. ^Roberts, Martin (April 18, ). "Cote d'Ivoire asks UN for drones over Liberian border".

    In he began his first diplomatic deployment in the Ivorian embassy to Canada. This Ivorian biographical article is a stub. Youssoufou Bamba made the remarks after presenting his credentials to Ban Ki-Moon, the UN secretary-general, on Wednesday, making him the first Ouattara government envoy to assume a diplomatic post since the November 28 poll. In , he was moved to the Ivory Coast's permanent mission in New York as Counsellor, where he worked for 5 years.

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  4. ^"Cote d'Ivoire's Ambassador to the UN Sacked Because of 'Western Sahara'". Morocco World News. March 14,