De Rienzo Alessandro is a Political Affairs Officer at UNOWAS. They is proficient in Arabic, Spanish, Portuguese, English and French. Colleagues describe them as "I worked with Alessandro De Rienzo for over six months in Angola, when I was in charge of the prison and detention section of the Human Rights Division of the UN Mission in Angola. Alessandro was assigned to the mission's provincial headquarters of Huambo province. He worked in serious hardship conditions to assist to develop and implement the human rights promotion and protection strategy for the province of Huambo e nationwide. He also delivered training for theatre groups and armed and police forces in Huambo and supported actively the Human Rights NGO networks. Alessandro directly cooperated with me in the area of prison and detention, monitoring the respect of UN minimum standards and human rights legislation in the local police stations and prisons and produced regular reports. He has consistently displayed outstanding technical knowledge in the field of human rights and humanitarian law and did a wonderful job, also due to his uncommon language skills in English and Portuguese. I hope there will be chances in the future for us to work together again, also considering the wealth of experience and the great professionalism Alessandro has developed also in successive missions with the UN in the most challenging environments. I think Alessandro has a great capacity to deliver results under pressure and he's a great team player, and able of professional and personal courage which is a requirement in our difficult profession." and "I had the pleasure to work with Alessandro during my tenure in Kosovo with UNMIK between 2003 to 2004. At that time Alessandro was Legal Officer and has made excellent contributions to the judiciary and to legal development in Kosovo. A colleague and a friend with remarkable human capacities and character, very popular among colleagues and senior management, always balanced in his decisions and accurate in his opinions. Therefore, I have no doubt in recommending Alessandro for his excellent work and to thank him for being a good friend."