Gustavo Gonzalez

Gustavo Gonzalez, born in January 1960 in Argentina, is a post-crisis and peace-building expert with more than 20 years of field experience in designing, setting up and managing post-crisis operations in Central America, Africa and Middle-East. He is the Senior Country Director of the United Nations Development Programme in Yemen and a member of the United Nations Country Team.

Professional career

United Nations system

Before Yemen, Gustavo Gonzalez was appointed UNDP Country Director in Burundi (2008-2011), where he was actively involved in the implementation of the pilot – Strategic Framework for Peace building in Burundi within the United Nations Integrated Office in Burundi (BINUB, French acronym). He led technical and financial support provided by UNDP to the Burundian transition, including support to the challenging post-crisis electoral cycle in the country, comprising the organization of five successive elections within a period of four months.

As part of the UN peace-building support in Burundi, Gonzalez introduced the concepts of “Adults associated with armed groups” and “Women associated with armed groups", in the negotiations between the Government of Burundi and the National Forces of Liberation (P-FNL), in Pretoria (2009); allowing more than 11,000 combatants, including 1,000 women -initially excluded from the National Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration Programme (PNDDR)- to be disarmed and reintegrated into civilian live. In this context, Gonzalez developed the “3x6 approach” for the economic reintegration of ex combatants and other members of the community of re-installation, an innovate employment generation mechanism based on compulsory savings.

Gonzalez

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González, Cesar

González (Spanish pronunciation: [ɡonˈsales]) is a town and municipality in the Colombian Department of Cesar.

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Coordinates: 8°24′N 73°20′W / 8.400°N 73.333°W / 8.400; -73.333

Gonzalez (band)

Gonzalez were a British R&B and funk band. They became well known as a backing band for touring R&B, funk and soul stars. Their eponymous album was released in 1974 and they recorded a total of six albums before disbanding in 1986, and are best known for their 1977 single success with their worldwide disco hit, "Haven't Stopped Dancing Yet".

History

The original band was formed by Godfrey McLean and Bobby Tench in 1970 and included other members of Gass, with the line-up of Tench as vocalist and guitarist, drummer Godfrey McLean, bassist Delisle Harper and percussionist Lennox Langton. At the end of May 1970, Tench left Gonzalez to became a member of The Jeff Beck Group and the band formed a new core membership, with saxophonists Michael "Mick" Eve (born 21 December 1937, Walthamstow, East London), Chris Mercer, Steve Gregory, Geoffrey "Bud" Beadle (born 27 March 1947), keyboardist Roy Davies and guitarist Gordon Hunte. Later George Chandler, Glen LeFleur, Cliff Lake and Delisle Harper were included whilst simultaneously members of The Olympic Runners. Vocalist Lenny Zakatek joined in 1974 and they released their first album Gonzalez (1974), which featured a heavy funk sound. This album made them Queen bassist John Deacon's favourite band in the middle 1970s.Our Only Weapon is Our Music (1975) followed, released on EMI's sister label, Capitol.