(MENAFNEditorial) NEW YORK September 5 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The new Permanent Representative of Burundi to the United Nations Albert Shingiro presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today.
Until his appointment Mr. Shingiro was Permanent Secretary at the Ministry for External Relations and International Cooperation of Burundi. From 2010 to 2012 he worked in the External Service focusing on security of the Presidency.
Between 2006 and 2010 Mr. Shingiro was based in the Permanent Mission of Burundi to the United Nations serving as Second Counsellor and as Chargé d'Affaires. His responsibilities included work on the Security Council the General Assembly and several Committees. During the period he also served as an Expert on the First Strategic Framework of Consolidation of Peace in Burundi in 2007.
From 2002 until 2003 he was an intern with the International Association of Québécois Studies and in 2001 he served as an Assistant and Educational Researcher at Laval University.
In 1999 he held two positions one as Assistant Director Tropicom Communication in Benin and the other as a correspondent for the Beninese newspaper Les Tropiques.
Mr. Shingiro holds a masters in international relations from Laval University in Canada (2003) and a bachelors in legal science from the University of Benin (1998).
Born on 31 December 1970 in Buhiga Karusi Burundi he is married with three children.
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