Biographical Note

United Nations Secretary‑General Ban Ki‑moon today announced the appointment of Raisedon Zenenga of Zimbabwe as his Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM).

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the appointment of Cristina Gallach of Spain as Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information.

United Nations Secretary‑General Ban Ki‑moon today announced the appointment of Lise Grande of the United States as his Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI).

United Nations Secretary‑General Ban Ki‑moon today announced the appointment of Sigrid Kaag of the Netherlands as Special Coordinator for Lebanon.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Abdou Dieng of Senegal as the Ebola Crisis Manager for Guinea, as part of the United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER), succeeding Marcel Rudasingwa.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Major General Birhanu Jula Gelalcha of Ethiopia as Force Commander of the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA).

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the appointment of Lenni Montiel of Venezuela as Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development in the Department of Economic and Social Affairs.  He succeeds Shamshad Akhtar of Pakistan.  The Secretary-General and the Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs are grateful for her commitment and dedicated service to the Organization.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the appointment of Cassam Uteem of Mauritius as his Special Envoy and Head of the United Nations Electoral Observation Mission in Burundi (MENUB).  MENUB was mandated by Security Council resolution 2137 (2014) adopted on 13 February, and will start its operations on 1 January 2015.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Issaka Souna of Niger as Deputy Head of the United Nations Electoral Observation Mission in Burundi (MENUB).  The Mission will be operational on 1 January 2015, immediately after the end of the mandate of the United Nations Office in Burundi, pursuant to S/RES/2137 (2014).

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