Maria do Valle Ribeiro

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Maria do Valle Ribeiro^[1] or Maria Ribeiro^[2] (born 1957 (age 67–68) in Portugal^[1]) is a United Nations diplomat. On 8 November 2016 she was appointed as the United Nations Deputy Special Representative and Deputy Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL).^[1]

Education

Do Valle Ribeiro graduated from the University of Wales with a Master of Science in economic development policy and planning.^[3]

Career

Do Valle Ribeiro has held many positions as a United Nations representative. She was the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Angola.^[when?] She was later the United Nations Deputy Special Representative in Guinea-Bissau.^[when?]

From 2008 to 2010 she was the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Mauritania. She has held several positions with UNICEF in Africa, Guyana, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago.^[3]

On 8 November 2016 she was appointed as the United Nations Deputy Special Representative and Deputy Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL).^[1] In May 2019 during the 2019 Western Libya Offensive, she stated that the 18 May militia attack on the Great Man-Made River project, which supplies most of Tripoli's water, could constitute a war crime.^[2]