Biographical Note

The new Permanent Representative of South Sudan to the United Nations, Akuei Bona Malwal, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today.

The new Permanent Representative of South Africa to the United Nations, Jerry Matthews Matjila, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today.

The new Permanent Representative of Malta to the United Nations, Carmelo Inguanez, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today.

The new Permanent Representative of Albania to the United Nations, Besiana Kadare, presented her credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today.

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.