--- title: "3 Olara Otunnu Quotes - Famous Diplomat (Keeping the peace in the post-cold war era)" description: "Olara A. Otunnu is a Ugandan politician, diplomat, and lawyer. He was President of the Uganda People's Congress (UPC), a political party, from 2010 to 2..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-olara-otunnu-72401.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Olara Otunnu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-olara-otunnu-72401.jpg) # Olara Otunnu (1950) Diplomat Uganda **3** quotes in **33** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Olara Otunnu is a diplomat from Uganda, best known for *Keeping the peace in the post-cold war era*. ## Quick Facts About Olara Otunnu Born September 6, 1950 Nationality Uganda Profession Diplomat Notable works Keeping the peace in the post-cold war era ## About Olara Otunnu Olara A. Otunnu is a Ugandan politician, diplomat, and lawyer. He was President of the Uganda People's Congress (UPC), a political party, from 2010 to 2015 and stood as the party's candidate in the 2011 presidential election. Otunnu was Uganda's Permanent Representative to the United Nations from 1980 to 1985 and served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1985 to 1986. Later, he was President of the International Peace Academy from 1990 to 1998, and an Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict from 1997 to 2005. ## Awards & Honors Fulbright Scholarship Sydney Peace Prize German Africa Prize ## Quotes by Olara Otunnu > [The time has come to make the protection of children - all our children - a common cause that can unite us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olara-otunnu/the-time-has-come-to-make-the-protection-of-children-all-our-children/) Olara Otunnu [Abuse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/abuse/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f8/olara-otunnu-84409_abuse_the-time-has-come-to-make-the-protection_60985.jpg) > [My mandate...is to promote the protection, rights and welfare of children...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olara-otunnu/my-mandate-is-to-promote-the-protection-rights-and-welfare-of-children/) Olara Otunnu [Children](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c15/olara-otunnu-84409_children_my-mandate-is-to-promote-the-protection_2888542.png) > [Compelled to become instruments of war, to kill and be killed, child soldiers are forced to give violent expression to the hatreds…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olara-otunnu/compelled-to-become-instruments-of-war-to-kill-and-be-killed-child/) Olara Otunnu [Adults](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adults/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e2e/olara-otunnu-84409_adults_compelled-to-become-instruments-of-war-t_2926655.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olara-otunnu/#itemlist", "name": "Olara Otunnu Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The time has come to make the protection of children - all our children - a common cause that can unite us across the boundaries of our political orientation, religious affiliation and cultural traditions. 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