United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Pernille Dahler Kardel of Denmark as his Deputy Special Representative (Political) for the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). Ms. Kardel will succeed Tadamichi Yamamoto of Japan, who the Secretary-General has appointed as his new Special Representative for Afghanistan and Head of UNAMA.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the appointment of Nicholas Haysom of South Africa as his Special Envoy for Sudan and South Sudan. He will succeed Haile Menkerios of South Africa, to whom the Secretary-General is grateful for his dedication and commitment.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Deborah Seward of the United States as Director of the United Nations Regional Information Centre (UNRIC) in Brussels. She assumes her duties on 14 March.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Lynn St. Amour of the United States as the new Chair of the Multistakeholder Advisory Group of the Internet Governance Forum.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Jean Arnault of France as his Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Mission in Colombia.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Hélène Papper of France as Director of the United Nations Information Centre in Bogota, which serves Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela. Ms. Papper assumes her duties today.
United Nations-Secretary General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Gerda Verburg of the Netherlands as Coordinator of the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and African Union Commission Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma announced today the appointment of Jeremiah Nyamane Kingsley Mamabolo of South Africa as Deputy Joint Special Representative for the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID).
The new Permanent Representative of Mauritania to the United Nations, Mohamed Lemine El Haycen, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today.
The new Permanent Representative of Argentina to the United Nations, Martín García Moritan, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today.
