Biographical Note

The new Permanent Representative of Mauritius to the United Nations, Jagdish Dharamchand Koonjul, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today.

The new Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations, Masud Bin Momen, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today.

The new Permanent Representative of Guatemala to the United Nations, José Alberto Sandoval Cojulún, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today.

The new Permanent Observer for the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources to the United Nations, David Chadwick O’Connor, presented his letter of appointment to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today.

The new Permanent Representative of Djibouti to the United Nations, Mohamed Siad Doualeh, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Michael Keating 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 Ban Ki-moon welcomes today’s action by the General Assembly to elect Filippo Grandi of Italy as the next United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Robert Lawrence Skinner of the United States as Director of the United Nations Information Centre in Washington, D.C.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Jamal Benomar of the United Kingdom as his Special Adviser at the level of Under-Secretary-General.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Martin Kobler of Germany as his Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL).