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Amb. Shoniyin to lecture at Yale

-As US Embassy extols him

The United States Embassy near Monrovia has published a congratulatory message on its official Facebook page here, extolling contribution of former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Foreign, B. Elias Shoniyin, on his selection as a 2019 Yale University Maurice R. Greenburg World Fellow.

The U.S. Embassy refers to Mr. Shoniyin as “an international affairs, development, and policy professional and diplomat, with over nineteen years in nonprofit and public service, in multiple senior positions where he has made significant contributions to the post-war recovery and development of Liberia.

He served as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Liberia in two successive administrations and intermittently as Acting Foreign Minister.
At the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Deputy Minister Shoniyin worked tirelessly to develop the capacity of Liberia’s Foreign Service and maximize its service to the country.

The Embassy furthered that former Minister Shoniyin played a pivotal role in deepening Liberia’s post-conflict cooperation with friendly nations and opening up cooperation opportunities on new frontiers.He coordinated Liberia’s resource mobilization efforts during West Africa Ebola outbreak in 2014, drawing urgent global attention to the health crisis.

He led Liberian delegations to many high-level international conferences and negotiations, including serving as Advisor to the Liberian delegation to the United Nations General Assembly. He has been a lecturer in International Relations at the
University of Liberia graduate school and a mentor and friend to countless Liberian and foreign diplomats”.

Accordingly, the Embassy conveyed its warm best wishes, referring to Mr. Shoniyin, as “our friend and colleague Elias Shoniyin as he embarks on this well-deserved and prestigious fellowship in the United States”.The World Fellow program is Yale’s signature global leadership development initiative and a core element of the university’s ongoing commitment to internationalization.

Professionals selected for this program are trailblazers: disruptive thinkers and bold, original voices in their fields. They are practitioners from all sectors, poised for the next step. They are intensely curious, passionate and keenly focused on positive impact. They can’t help themselves: wherever they go, they profoundly shape their surroundings for the better. They are entrepreneurs, activists, journalists, artists, and politicians. They are doctors, lawyers, soldiers, artists and business executives.

World Fellows are people of character, integrity, energy and talent. They are dynamic, creative, disruptive and innovative. They are selfless leaders who serve, inspire and motivate others. They have demonstrated impact, they are on the rise in their careers, and they are ambitious to grow to their full potential.

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Yale’s mission through the World Fellows is to cultivate and empower a network of globally engaged leaders committed to making the world a better place. Each year, the University invites to its New Haven, Connecticut campus, a group of exemplary practitioners from a wide range of fields and countries for an intensive four-month period.

“I am delighted to welcome the 2019 World Fellows to the university,” said Yale President Peter Salovey. “It is wonderful that the program has been bringing remarkable leaders and trailblazers to Yale for 18 years. During their time on campus, they teach, conduct research, and participate in public service.”

Former Deputy Foreign Minister Shoniyin spent thirteen years in service to the government of Liberia, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, from 2006 to May 2019, when he resigned his position, according to him, for professional and personal reasons.Drawing from the positive public reactions to news of Mr. Shoniyin’s new professional feat, as indicated in individual comments on the U.S. Embassy Facebook webpage, his service in government was outstanding and has been highly appreciated by the people of Liberia.

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