Pierre Sané is UNESCO’s Assistant Director-General for Social and Human Sciences. He was Secretary General of Amnesty International from October 1992 to April 2001.
Born in Dakar, Senegal, in 1949. For fifteen years prior to joining Amnesty International, he worked in the field of international development, serving successively as Regional Controller, International Director of Policy and Budget, and Regional Director (West and Central Africa) of ...
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Pierre Sané is UNESCO’s Assistant Director-General for Social and Human Sciences. He was Secretary General of Amnesty International from October 1992 to April 2001.
Born in Dakar, Senegal, in 1949. For fifteen years prior to joining Amnesty International, he worked in the field of international development, serving successively as Regional Controller, International Director of Policy and Budget, and Regional Director (West and Central Africa) of the International Development Research Centre in Canada. He studied for a doctorate in Political Science at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, and holds an M.Sc. in Public Administration and Public Policy from the London School of Economics, as well as being a qualified chartered accountant with an MBA from the École Supérieure de Commerce et d'Administration des Entreprises of Bordeaux, France. He has published extensively on development and human rights issues. He was a founding member of the Pan-African Foundation PANAF, a non...
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