“WHEREBY YOU JOINED THE CIVIL SERVICE ON 18TH JANUARY, 1967 AS AN IMMIGRATION OFFICER IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS. IN 2007 YOU SERVED AS PERMANENT SECRETARY IN THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND LATER IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. WHEREBY YOU WERE A MEMBER OF THE ANGOLAN PEACE AGREEMENT TALKS WHICH CULMINATED INTO THE LUSAKA PROTOCOL IN 1994. YOU ALSO CHAIRED THE CONGO PEACE TALKS FOR SENIOR OFFICIALS WHICH LED TO THE SIGNING OF THE LUSAKA CEASEFIRE AGREEMENT IN 1999. YOU HAVE UNDERTAKEN SIGNIFICANT ASSIGNMENTS, INCLUDING SERVING AS SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT IN 1984 AND PARTICIPATING IN NEGOTIATIONS FOR THE LUSAKA PROTOCOL AND CEASEFIRE AGREEMENT IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO. HE WAS INVOLVED IN OAU ELECTION OBSERVATION MISSIONS IN TANZANIA AND ZIMBABWE AND SERVED ON VARIOUS UN COMMITTEES FROM 1973 TO 1984. YOU ALSO SERVED IN THE FOLLOWING ROLES, AMONG OTHERS: AMBASSADOR: IN KINSHASA FROM 2003 AND IN NEW YORK FROM 2005; DEPUTY HEAD OF MISSION IN ETHIOPIA IN 2000; DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF CABINET IN THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL AT THE THEN ORGANISATION FOR AFRICAN UNITY (OAU) IN ETHIOPIA IN 1986; DEPUTY PERMANENT SECRETARY IN CHARGE OF AFRICAN AND ASIAN AFFAIRS FROM 1985; FIRST SECRETARY IN WASHINGTON DC IN 1979; AND SECOND SECRETARY IN NEW YORK IN 1973. YOUR COMMITMENT AND DEDICATION TO YOUR DUTIES IN REPRESENTING AND SERVING ZAMBIA IS WORTHY OF SPECIAL COMMENDATION.”
| Gender | Male |
| Province | Lusaka |
| District | — |
| Gazette No. | 1129 |
| Gazette Vol. | 124 |
| Gazette Date | 2024-10-21 00:00:00 |
| Posthumous | No |
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