Olara A. Otunnu (born 6 September 1950)[1][2] is a Ugandan politician, diplomat, and lawyer. He was President of the Uganda People's Congress (UPC), a political party, from 2010 to 2015 and stood as the party's candidate in the 2011 presidential election.[3] Otunnu was Uganda's Permanent Representative to the United Nations from 1980 to 1985 and served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1985 to 1986. Later, he was President of the International Peace Academy from 1990[4] to 1998,[5] and an Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict from 1997[4] to 2005.[6]
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- ^ "Who is Olara Otunnu? - New Vision Official".
- ^ Edris Kiggundu, "How Otunnu lost control of UPC", The Observer, 6 March 2015, accessed 29 June 2015.
- ^ a b "Olara A. Otunnu (Cote d'Ivoire), Secretary-General's Special Representative for Children in Armed Conflict", United Nations press release, SG/A/655, BIO/3110, 10 October 1997.
- ^ "2005 Sydney Peace Prize awarded to United Nations Advocate for Children", University of Sydney, 9 May 2005.
- ^ "Annan compliments departing Olara Otunnu for raising profile of children in war", UN Daily News, issue DH/4447, 1 August 2005.
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