Mokhtar Lamani is an ambassador of Moroccan origin who has had a distinguished career in international diplomacy. He held several positions with the General Secretariat of the League of Arab States (1980–97 / 2006–2007) and was the Permanent Observer of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference to the United Nations (1998–2005).
He served as an Officer in Charge of Iraq-Kuwait dispute, and mediator in the prisoners of war exchange issues; Coordinator for the Secretariat reform and restructuring in Tunis and Cairo (1988–92); Deputy Permanent Observer to the European Community in Brussels (1984–88); Coordinator of the Euro-Arab Dialogue and the Afro-Arab cooperation (1980–94) ; Permanent Observer of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference to the United Nations (1998–2005) ; Special Permanent Representative for Iraq (2006–present).
As an ambassador of the Arab League, Lamani was sent to Iraq to persuade its bitterly divided Shiite, Sunni, Kurdish, and Christian leaders to make peace. He resigned in February 2007, because it was impossible to facilitate an agreement in Iraq from all political parties to accept a peace plan to end the violence. Mr. M. Lamani graduated from high school at Lycee Mohammed V, Casablanca, in 1972. He then enrolled in Mohammed V University in Rabat where he earned a degree in Political Science in 1975.
Lamaní is a municipality in the Honduran department of Comayagua. It is located about 25 minutes from the City of Comayagua, in the vicinity of the Piedra Parada Mountain.
Many of Lamaní's residents own farms where they raise cows and other livestock. Farmers also cultivate rice, beans, corn, lettuce, tomato, wheat, among other crops.
Some residents immigrate to the United States to work and provide income to their families. Being a small town, Lamaní immigrants know each other and tend to stay in touch, sometimes forming neighborhoods with a lot of Lamaní immigrants in the United States.
It has recently undergone changes to its physical and communications infrastructure, such as paving of roads, access to the internet, cable television service, etc. They have their own medical clinic and preparatory schools. Some studious residents have turned out to be lawyers, doctors, engineers, and even soccer players, most notably Fernando "Azulejo" Bulnes, who played for Atlético Español of Tegucigalpa in 1965-1966.