Appointments

For the position of Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has selected Peter Launsky-Tieffenthal of Austria, who since 2007 has been the Spokesman and Head of the Department for Communication and Information of the Austrian Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Jens Anders Toyberg-Frandzen of Denmark as his Executive Representative and Head of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Sierra Leone (UNIPSIL). Mr. Toyberg-Frandzen will replace Michael von der Schulenburg.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Major General Robert Mood of Norway as the Chief Military Observer and Head of Mission of the United Nations Supervision Mission in Syria (UNSMIS).

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Karin Landgren of Sweden as his Special Representative for Liberia.

The Secretary-General has selected David Muchoki Kanja of Kenya for the newly created position of Assistant Secretary-General for the Office of Internal Oversight Services.

The Secretary-General has selected Ameerah Haq of Bangladesh as Under-Secretary-General for the Department of Field Support.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Major General Fernando Rodrigues Goulart of Brazil as Force Commander of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH).

Further to the announcement of 2 and 8 March 2012 on senior appointments, the Secretary-General has selected Carlos Lopes of Guinea-Bissau as Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA).

Jean-Marie Guéhenno was today appointed as Deputy Joint Special Envoy of the United Nations and the League of Arab States on Syria.