Secretary-General Appoints Mohamed M. Malick Fall of Senegal United Nations Resident Coordinator in Nigeria

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appointed Mohamed M. Malick Fall of Senegal as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Nigeria, with the host Government’s approval.  He took up his post over the weekend and will also serve as the Humanitarian Coordinator in the country.

Mr. Fall has more than 20 years of experience in development, humanitarian affairs and peacebuilding.  Prior to his appointment, he served as the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Regional Director for Eastern and Southern Africa, where he provided oversight and guidance to 21 UNICEF country offices, including on the formulation and implementation of the country programme documents, the UN reform process and the engagement with the Regional and Economic Commission and African Union and the private sector.  Furthermore, he has led the response to multiples and complex crisis with massive humanitarian needs and high security challenges, and managed the strategic review of the country documents, research- and knowledge-management-related activities, ensuring that the results are used to inform programmes and policies.

Before that, he served as UNICEF representative in Nigeria (2016-2019), Central African Republic (2014-2016) and Mongolia (2012-2014), as their Senior Education Adviser in Haiti (2010-2012), and as Chief of Education in Indonesia (2006-2010) and the Democratic Republic of Congo (2003-2006).  He was also temporarily assigned as Education Officer (2001-2003).

Mr. Fall has a master’s degree in demography from Université de Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne, France and a bachelor’s degree in history (licence d’histoire) from Université de Dakar, Sénégal.