Biographical Note

The new Permanent Representative of Iran to the United Nations, Gholamali Khoshroo, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of David Gressly of the United States as his Deputy Special Representative for Operations and the Rule of Law in the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO).

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Haile Tilahun Gebremariam of Ethiopia as the Head of Mission of the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA).

The new Permanent Representative of Iceland to the United Nations, Einar Gunnarsson, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today.

The new Permanent Representative of Hungary to the United Nations, Katalin Bogyay, presented her credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today.

The new Permanent Representative of Yemen to the United Nations, Khaled Hussein Alyemany, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today.

The new Permanent Representative of Paraguay to the United Nations, Federico Alberto González, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Major General Purna Chandra Thapa of Nepal as the Head of Mission and Force Commander of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the appointment of Janos Pasztor of Hungary as Assistant Secretary-General on Climate Change.

The new Permanent Representative of Venezuela to the United Nations, Rafael Darío Ramírez Carreño, presented his credentials to UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson today.