Appointments

Following the recommendation of the Secretary-General, after consultation with Member States, the General Assembly re-elected Joan Clos (Spain) as Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme for a term beginning on 18 October 2014 and ending on 31 December 2017.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the appointment of Said Djinnit of Algeria as his Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Babacar Gaye of Senegal as his Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA).

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Miguel Trovoada of São Tomé and Príncipe as his Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Agostinho Zacarias of Mozambique as his Deputy Special Representative ad interim for the United Nations Office in Burundi (BNUB), where he will also serve as United Nations Resident Coordinator and Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the appointment of Mary Robinson of Ireland as his Special Envoy for Climate Change.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the appointment of Staffan de Mistura as his Special Envoy for Syria. The Secretary-General takes this opportunity to reiterate his deepest gratitude to Lakhdar Brahimi for his concerted efforts and contributions to the search for peace in Syria.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Christian Friis Bach of Denmark as the next Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (ECE).

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the appointment of Major General Delali Johnson Sakyi of Ghana as Chief Military Observer and Head of Mission for the United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Lieutenant-General Yohannes Gebremeskel Tesfamariam of Ethiopia as the Force Commander for the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS).