Biographical Note

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Lieutenant General Jose Luiz Jaborandy, Jr., of Brazil as Force Commander of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti.

The new Permanent Representative of Cabo Verde to the United Nations, Fernando Jorge Wahnon Ferreira, today presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

The new Permanent Representative of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to the United Nations, Ja Song Nam, today presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

The new Permanent Representative of Cambodia to the United Nations, Ry Tuy, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today.

The new Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations, María Emma Mejía Vélez, presented her credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today.

Kunzang C. Namgyel, the new Permanent Representative of Bhutan to the United Nations, presented her credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today.

The new Permanent Representative of Tajikistan to the United Nations, Mahamadamin Mahmadaminov, today presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Michael O’Neill of the United Kingdom as Assistant Administrator and Director of the Bureau of External Relations and Advocacy at the United Nations Development Programme.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the appointment of Michael Bloomberg of the United States as his Special Envoy for Cities and Climate Change.