Biographical Note

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Christian Friis Bach of Denmark as the next Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (ECE).

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the appointment of Major General Delali Johnson Sakyi of Ghana as Chief Military Observer and Head of Mission for the United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Lieutenant-General Yohannes Gebremeskel Tesfamariam of Ethiopia as the Force Commander for the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS).

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Major General Luciano Portolano of Italy as Head of Mission and Force Commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL).

The new Permanent Representative of Armenia to the United Nations, Zohrab Mnatsakanyan, today presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

The new Permanent Representative of Azerbaijan to the United Nations, Yashar Teymur oglu Aliyev, today presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

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

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Antonio Vigilante of Italy as his Deputy Special Representative for Recovery and Governance in the United Nations Mission in Liberia.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the designation of Yiping Zhou of China as his Envoy on South-South Cooperation.