Biographical Note

The new Permanent Representative of Japan to the United Nations, Koro Bessho, presented his credentials to UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson on 22 June.

The new Permanent Representative of Togo to the United Nations, Kokou Kpayedo, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today.

The new Permanent Representative of Liberia to the United Nations, Lewis Brown, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Yagoub El Hillo of Sudan as his Deputy Special Representative in the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL).  He will also serve as the United Nations Resident Coordinator and Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Andrew Gilmour of the United Kingdom as Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights and Head of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in New York.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Ivan Šimonović of Croatia as his Special Adviser on the Responsibility to Protect.

The new Permanent Representative of Ecuador to the United Nations, Horacio Sevilla, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today.

The new Permanent Representative of Papua New Guinea to the United Nations, Max Hufanen Rai, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today.

The new Permanent Observer of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) to the United Nations, Alasan Senghore, presented his letter of appointment to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the appointment of Major General Per Lodin of Sweden as Chief Military Observer and Head of Mission for the United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP).