Adedeji Ebo — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Director and Deputy to the High Representative, United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA)
Visiting Professor at Kings College London (School of Global Affairs)
Served as the first-ever Chief of the Security Sector Reform (SSR) Unit at the United Nations (from 2008)
Fellow of the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs
Led the development of strategic partnerships with regional organizations, including the African Union and the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF)
Played a leading role in the development UN Guidance Notes on Security sector Reform

Biography

Adedeji Ebo is the Director and Deputy to the High Representative for the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA), a position he assumed in October 2022. He joined UNODA in March 2020 as Chief of the Conventional Arms Branch (CAB). Ebo's career is marked by his pioneering work in global peace and security, focusing on policy and operational linkages.