Omar Hilale (

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: ⵄⵓⵎⴰⵔ ⵀⵉⵍⴰⵍ; ar, عمر هلال; born 1 January 1951 in

Agadir Agadir ( ar, أݣادير, ʾagādīr; shi, ⴰⴳⴰⴷⵉⵔ) is a major city in Morocco, on the shore of the Atlantic Ocean near the foot of the Atlas Mountains, just north of the point where the Souss River flows into the ocean, and south ...

) is a Moroccan career diplomat. He has been Morocco's

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to the

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in New York since he was appointed in this position in April 2014. He used to be the permanent representative of Morocco to the UN in

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. Hilale is a graduate of the

Mohammed V University Mohammed V University (, french: Université Mohammed-V de Rabat), in Rabat, Morocco, was founded in 1957 under a royal decree ( Dahir). It is the first modern university in Morocco after the University of al-Qarawiyyin in Fez. History The uni ...

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where he obtained a bachelor's degree in political science in 1974. He served in many diplomatic posts such as ambassador to Singapore, New Zealand, Australia and Indonesia, between 1996 and 2001. He was the General Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation between 2005 and 2008. In November 2008 he became Representative of Morocco to the UN in Geneva. On 8 April 2020, he was appointed co-facilitator for the process of strengthening the United Nations human rights treaty bodies. In February 2021 he presented a letter to the UN from on behalf of Morocco, alleging that the

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fabricated reports of armed conflict and human rights violations against the

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and incited violence in league with

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state media. He specifically denounced Sultana Khaya as "a supporter of violence" and for using "human rights for political ends". Moroccan authorities have kept her under de facto house arrest since 2020, and Khaya has been repeatedly attacked, subject to sexual assault and raids on her house, as reported by a number of human rights groups.

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