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Babacar Gaye (born 31 January 1951 in Saint Louis, Senegal) is a Senegalese Army General who was the United Nations Secretary-General's Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) until his forced resignation following repeated reports of murder and sexual abuse by soldiers under his command.〔Ban Fires UN Peacekeeping Chief in Central African Republic UNITED NATIONS — Aug 12, 2015, 6:58 PM ET, By CARA ANNA Associated Press, http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/peacekeeping-chief-central-african-republic-resigns-33038515?utm_content=bufferc0296&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer〕 Prior to this appointment of 16 July 2014, he was the Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office for the Central African Republic (BINUCA). ==Career== In August 2010, he was appointed by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon as the Military Advisor for Peacekeeping Operations in New York UN Headquarters replacing Nigeria’s Lieutenant General Chikadibia Isaac Obiakor. In 2005, The Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, appointed Lieutenant-General Babacar Gaye (Senegal) as the new Force Commander of the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC). He replaced Major-General Samaila Iliya (Nigeria) and was the third Force Commander of MONUC and the second commander from Senegal after General Mountaga Diallo. In 2010 he was succeeded by India's Chander Prakash. In January 2004, he was assigned as Ambassador of Senegal in Germany by president Abdoulaye Wade. Babacar Gaye was promoted to the rank of Brigade General in 2000, when he became ''Chef d'état-major général des armées'' (Chief of the Defence Staff) from May 2000 to August 2003 and to Divisional General (equivalent to Major General) in 2002. Prior to this position, he led an extensive and distinguished military career, having served, among others, as Chief of Military Region from November 1997 to May 2000. From 1994 to 1997, he served as the Director of the Senegalese foreign intelligence agency. In 1991, he served as commander of the Senegalese contingent in the Operation Desert Storm in Saudi Arabia based in Dhahran. He also served as the Commander of the Senegalese contingent in the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) from August 1979 to March 1980. From July 1974 to February 1975, he served in the United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Babacar Gaye」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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