United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Lieutenant General (retired) Jasbir Singh Lidder of India as his Deputy Special Representative for the Sudan.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Georg Charpentier of Finland as his Deputy Special Representative for the Sudan and United Nations Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator in that country.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Fidele Sarassoro of Côte d’Ivoire as his Deputy Special Representative for the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where he will also serve as United Nations Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Bo Schack of Denmark to serve as his Deputy Special Representative in the Central African Republic. Mr. Schack will also serve as United Nations Resident Coordinator, Humanitarian Coordinator and Resident Representative.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, following consultations with the Advisory Commission of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, is pleased to announce the appointment of Filippo Grandi (Italy) as the Agency’s new Commissioner-General, effective 20 January 2010.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Margot B. Ellis (United States) as Deputy Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Staffan de Mistura of Sweden as his Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA).

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today appointed Major General Natalio C. Ecarma of the Philippines as Head of Mission and Force Commander of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF). Major General Ecarma will succeed Major General Wolfgang Jilke of Austria.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Haile Menkerios (South Africa) as his Special Representative for the Sudan. Mr. Menkerios will succeed Ashraf Jehangir Qazi (Pakistan), who has served as the Special Representative for the Sudan since 4 September 2007.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Margot Wallström of Sweden as his Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict. Ms. Wallström has been a long-time advocate of the rights and needs of women throughout her political career -- first as Swedish Minister and later as Environment Commissioner and Vice-President of the European Commission.