Appointments

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the appointment of Major General Jean Bosco Kazura of Rwanda as the Force Commander for the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA).

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Lieutenant General Babacar Gaye of Senegal as his Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office for the Central African Republic (BINUCA), based in Bangui.

On 10 May, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon wrote to the President of the General Assembly requesting that the Assembly confirm Mukhisa Kituyi of Kenya as the new Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). The General Assembly confirmed the nomination on 10 June.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the appointment of Noeleen Heyzer of Singapore, the current Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), as Special Adviser of the Secretary General for Timor-Leste.

The Secretary-General today appointed His Royal Highness Prince El Hassan Bin Talal of Jordan as the new Chairman of his Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and African Union Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma announced today the appointment of Lieutenant General Paul Ignace Mella of the United Republic of Tanzania as the Force Commander of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the appointment of Thomas Gass of Switzerland as Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Inter-Agency Affairs in the Department of Economic and Social Affairs.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Sandra Honoré of Trinidad and Tobago as his Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Haile Menkerios of South Africa as the new Head of the United Nations Office to the African Union (UNOAU) and Special Representative to the African Union at the level of Under-Secretary-General. While continuing his current assignment as Special Envoy for Sudan and South Sudan, Mr. Menkerios will replace Zachary Muburi-Muita, who will complete his UNOAU assignment on 30 June.