Davidson S.H.W. Nicol
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Associate Lecturer, Centre of International Studies, University of Cambridge, 1985β94. Undersecretary-General, United Nations, and Executive Director, United Nations Institute for Training and Research, New York City, 1972β82. Ambassador for Sierra Leone to the United Nations, 1969β71. Editor of Paths to Peace and others.
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Sierra Leone, country of western Africa. The country owes its name to the 15th-century Portuguese explorer Pedro de Sintra, the first European to sight and map Freetown harbour. The original Portuguese name, Serra Lyoa (βLion Mountainsβ), referred to the range of hills that surrounds the harbour.β¦
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