Biographical Note

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Shanelle Hall of the United States as Deputy Executive Director (Field Results) of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Maria Calivis of Italy as Deputy Executive Director (Programmes) ad interim of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Omar Abdi, a Canadian national born in Somalia, as Deputy Executive Director of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).  He will succeed Geeta Rao Gupta, whom the Secretary-General would like to thank for her exceptional service and commitment to UNICEF.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Major General Michael Beary of Ireland as his new Head of Mission and Force Commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL).

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Sunaina Lowe of Jamaica as Director of the United Nations Information Centre in Jakarta, an office that provides service to Indonesia.  She assumes her duties on 23 May.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the appointments of Mary Robinson of Ireland and Macharia Kamau of Kenya as his Special Envoys on El Niño and Climate.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today appointed Patricia Espinosa Cantellano of Mexico as Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

Following his nomination by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the General Assembly today elected Erik Solheim of Norway to a four-year term as Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the appointment of Lieutenant General Johnson Mogoa Kimani Ondieki of Kenya as Force Commander of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS).

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Modibo Touré of Mali as his new Special Representative for Guinea-Bissau and Head of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau (UNIOGBIS).