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13 January 2000
Press Release
BIO/3270
NEW PERMANENT
REPRESENTATIVE OF MALAWI PRESENTS CREDENTIALS
20000113
Biographical Note
(Based on information received from the
Protocol and Liaison Service.)
The new Permanent Representative of Malawi to
the United Nations, Yusuf McDadlly Juwayeyi, today presented his
credentials to Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
Prior to his appointment, from 1992, Mr.
Juwayeyi served as his Government’s Commissioner for Culture. From 1989
to 1992, he was Director of Antiquities in Malawi’s Department of
Antiquities. Also in that Department, Mr. Juwayeyi served as Senior
Antiquities Officer (1979-1989) and Antiquities Officer (1973-1979).
From 1993 to 1994, Mr. Juwayeyi, who holds a
Ph.D. in Anthropology, was Professor of Anthropology at Hunter College
in New York, New York. During the same period, he served as External
Examiner of Archaeology at the University of Dar es Salaam, United
Republic of Tanzania. Among other academic positions held, Mr. Juwayeyi
was Senior Lecturer in African Prehistory, University of Malawi,
Chancellor College, from 1988 to 1993.
Mr. Juwayeyi’s international activities include
service as his country’s delegate to the twenty-ninth General Conference
of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
(UNESCO) in Paris in 1997, and as delegate to the Diplomatic Conference
on Copyright in Geneva in 1996. In 1992, he was Malawi’s delegate to the
Ministerial Conference on Culture and Information in the Southern
African Development Community (SADC) Region of Southern Africa, which
was held in Maputo, Mozambique.
Mr. Juwayeyi earned his Ph.D. in Anthropology
from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1981, and his Master’s
degree from that University in 1976. He also holds a degree in history
and sociology from the University of Malawi.
Born on 30 July 1950, Mr. Juwayeyi is married
with three children.
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