United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, the World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Director Cindy McCain and the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) Director General Qu Dongyu announced today the appointment of Carl Skau of Sweden as WFP Deputy Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer, to serve at the Assistant Secretary-General level.
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed Mr. Ahmed Ben Lassoued of Tunisia as Director of the United Nations Information Centre in Manama, a field office of the United Nations Department of Global Communications that provides service to Bahrain, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. He assumed his new duties on 1 May 2023.
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres appointed Adam Abdelmoula of Sudan as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Syria.
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the appointment of Major General Humphrey Nyone of Zambia as the Force Commander of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA).
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the appointment of Hervé Lecoq of France as Deputy Head of Mission and Director of Political and Civil Affairs at the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL).
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appointed Patricia Portela de Souza of Brazil as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Cabo Verde, with the host Government’s approval.
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the appointment of Catriona Laing of the United Kingdom as his new Special Representative for Somalia and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM).
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the appointment of Edward Chaiban of Lebanon as Assistant Secretary-General to serve as the Deputy Executive Director, Humanitarian Action and Supply Operations, for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the appointment of Kitty van der Heijden of the Netherlands as Assistant Secretary-General to serve as the Deputy Executive Director, Partnerships, for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). She will succeed Charlotte Petri Gornitzka of Sweden, to whom the Secretary-General and UNICEF are grateful for her dedicated service.
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the appointment of Leonardo Santos Simão of Mozambique as his new Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS) and Chairman of the Cameroon-Nigeria Mixed Commission.