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Jamal Benomar (born in April 1957) is the United Nations Special Adviser on Yemen, at the level of Assistant Secretary-General. He was confirmed to this position by the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on 1 August 2012. He has been serving in this position since April 2011.〔(Yemen News Agency )〕 In April 2015, he resigned his position as the UN peace envoy to Yemen after losing support from the Gulf nations during the 2015 military intervention in Yemen. ==Early years== Benomar was born in April 1957 in the Rif (Morocco). Benomar was a political prisoner for eight years in Morocco (1976–1983).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Endpiece: Memories of Morocco )〕 He was adopted as a prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International, which campaigned for his release.〔 He completed his doctorate at the University of London.〔http://betterpeace.org/files/WGLL_speakerbios_20oct2008.pdf〕 He worked as a lecturer and research associate in African and Middle Eastern politics for the University of Paris VII.〔 In the early years of his career, he joined Amnesty International and rose through the ranks within the organization. During this time, he spent five years working as an Africa specialist for Amnesty International in London.〔Benomar, Jamal (1993). "(Justice after Transitions )." ''Journal of Democracy'', vol. 4, no. 1, p. 3-14. Last accessed 2015-02-22.〕 Jamal Benomar was member of the Marxist –Leninist group Ilal Amam in Morocco and was imprisoned for his beliefs for 8 years. When the prison rules relaxed, he was able to study there. Following interventions by Amnesty International and his professor in Paris, he was released in 1983, was re-arrested then re-released in 1984, but was subsequently unable to get a passport to leave the country. During his incarceration, he had been visited by an English member of his Amnesty group -Joyce Edling. The couple had fallen in love and Joyce facilitated his escape to London where they got married in 1985. They lived together in London until 1991 when Jamal left to take up an appointment at the Carter Center in Georgia. The full story is told in the book “My Dear Jamal” written by Joyce and published in 1996. In the 1990s, he worked as Human Rights Program Director of the Carter Center at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, working with former US president Jimmy Carter on human rights and mediation issues.〔 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「Jamal Benomar」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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