Omar Hilale

Omar Hilale (Tamazight: ; ; born 1 January 1951) is a Moroccan career diplomat. He has been Morocco's Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York since he was appointed in this position in April 2014. He used to be the permanent representative of Morocco to the UN in Geneva.

Hilale is a graduate of the Mohammed V University in Rabat where he obtained a bachelor's degree in political science in 1974. He served in many diplomatic posts such as ambassador to Singapore, New Zealand, Australia and Indonesia, between 1996 and 2001.

In February 2021 he presented a letter to the UN from on behalf of Morocco, alleging that the Polisario Front fabricated reports of armed conflict and human rights violations against the Sahrawi people and incited violence in league with Algerian state media. He specifically denounced Sultana Khaya as "a supporter of violence" and for using "human rights for political ends". Moroccan authorities have kept her under de facto house arrest since 2020, and Khaya has been repeatedly attacked, subject to sexual assault and raids on her house, as reported by a number of human rights groups.