Timothy Musinga Bandora

Ambassador Bandora is a Graduate of the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and the St. John's University, New York, USA

H. E. Ambassador Musinga T. Bandora - Tanzania High Commissioner in Lagos, Nigeria who was also accredited to Benin, Togo, Cote D'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Senegal, Burkina Faso, Mali, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea-Bissau and Mauritania from 2000 - 2001

• United Nations Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative to Namibia,
• Ambassador/High Commissioner to the Federal Republic of Nigeria,
• Ambassador and Director of Cabinet in the Office of the Secretary General of the Organisation of African Unity-OAU-Addis Ababa-Ethiopia,
• Ambassador and Director of the Department of Multilateral Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in Dar es Salaam-Tanzania.
• Played a key role in the conceptualisation and elaboration of the African Union Peace and Security Architecture;
• Played a central role in the conceptualisation and roll out of the NEPAD African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM);
• Served as member of the SADC Technical Committee that elaborated the SADC Organ for Politics, Defense and Security;
• Was instrumental in the conceptualisation and development of the OAU Mechanism for Conflict Prevention, Management and Resolution-the predecessor to the present AU Peace and Security Council;
• Served as a Member of the Technical Committee of the Conference on Stability, Security, Development and Cooperation in Africa (CSSDCA), co-sponsored by the OAU, ECA and Africa Leadership Forum;
• Served as a Member of the Group of Experts on Nuclear Tests Verification of the Six Nations Initiative for Peace and Development undertaken by the then Presidents of India, Argentina, Mexico, Greece, Sweden and Tanzania. In this capacity, I also served as Technical Advisor to President Julius K. Nyerere on Disarmament and Arms Control matters;
• Served as a Member of the United Nations Group of Experts on the Nuclear-Weapon-Free-Zones.