Biographical Note

The new Permanent Representative of Senegal to the United Nations, Fode Seck, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today.

The new Permanent Representative of Guatemala to the United Nations, Fernando Carrera Castro, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today.

The new Permanent Representative of the Central African Republic to the United Nations, Kpongo Ambroisine, presented her credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the appointment of Izumi Nakamitsu of Japan as Assistant Administrator and Director of the Crisis Response Unit, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

The new Permanent Representative of Egypt to the United Nations, Amr Abdellatif Aboulatta, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on 4 September 2014.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Magdy Martinez-Soliman of Spain as Assistant Administrator and Director of the Bureau for Policy and Programme Support at the United Nations Development Programme.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and African Union Commission Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma announced today the appointment of Abiodun Oluremi Bashua of Nigeria as Deputy Joint Special Representative for the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur.

Sam Kahamba Kutesa was elected President of the United Nations General Assembly’s sixty-ninth session on 11 June.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the appointment of Judy Cheng-Hopkins of Malaysia as Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on the University for Peace.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Franz Baumann of Germany as Umoja Senior Deployment Coordinator, New York.