Biographical Note

Jean Wesley Cazeau, the new Permanent Representative of Haiti to the United Nations, today presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

Mohammad Nurul Alam, the new Permanent Observer for Partners in Population and Development — an intergovernmental alliance formed to help implement the Cairo Programme of Action — today presented his letter of appointment to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Major General Iqbal Singh Singha of India as the Head of Mission and Force Commander of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF).

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Zainab Hawa Bangura of Sierra Leone as his Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict at the level of Under-Secretary-General. Ms. Bangura will replace Margot Wallström, to whom the Secretary-General is grateful for her dedicated service and able leadership in achieving milestones within a challenging mandate.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Wolfgang Weisbrod-Weber of Germany as his Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO).

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon today announced the appointment of Major General Young-Bum Choi of the Republic of Korea as Chief Military Observer and Head of Mission of the United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP).

The Secretary-General has appointed Amina J. Mohammed of Nigeria as Special Adviser on Post-2015 Development Planning.

The Secretary-General has appointed Parfait Onanga-Anyanga of Gabon as his Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Office in Burundi (BNUB).

The new Permanent Representative of Bulgaria to the United Nations, Stefan Tafrov, presented his credentials today to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.