Secretary-General Appoints Sabine Machl of Austria United Nations Resident Coordinator in Uzbekistan

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed Sabine Machl of Austria as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Uzbekistan, with the host Government’s approval, starting her appointment on 1 June.

Ms. Machl brings more than 25 years of experience in international law, development, conflict prevention and gender equality to this position.  She worked until recently as the UN Resident Coordinator in Georgia.  Prior to that, she was the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women) Representative in Indonesia and Liaison to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and headed UN-Women in Palestine and Kyrgyzstan.

Before joining the United Nations, she held senior positions with the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) in The Hague, Bishkek, Vienna and Tallinn.  Ms. Machl also worked for the Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and briefly at the European Parliament.

Ms. Machl holds two master’s degrees in law and languages as well as a PhD in law from the University of Vienna.