SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL FEDERICO RIESCO COORDINATOR FOR MULTILINGUALISM

Press Release
SG/A/745

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL FEDERICO RIESCO COORDINATOR FOR MULTILINGUALISM

The Secretary-General has appointed Assistant Secretary-General Federico Riesco as Coordinator for Multilingualism. The appointment is in implementation of General Assembly resolution 54/64 of 6 December 1999, by which the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to appoint a senior Secretariat official as coordinator of questions relating to multilingualism throughout the Secretariat.

A native of Chile and a career international servant, Mr. Riesco joined the United Nations in 1966 and rose through the ranks to his current position as Deputy to the Under-Secretary-General for General Assembly Affairs and Conference Services. His new functions are in addition to his current responsibilities in the Department.

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