Biographical Note

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today his appointment of Michelle Bachelet of Chile as the Under-Secretary-General for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women).

Chitsaka Chipaziwa, Permanent Representative of Zimbabwe to the United Nations, was elected Chair of the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) on 27 August 2010.

Ochir Enkhtsetseg, Permanent Representative of Mongolia to the United Nations, was elected Chair of the Second Committee (Economic and Financial) on 11 June 2010.

Joseph Deiss of Switzerland was elected President of the sixty-fifth session of the United Nations General Assembly on 11 June 2010.

Gert Rosenthal of Guatemala was elected Chair of the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) on 11 June 2010.

The new Permanent Representative of Barbados to the United Nations, Joseph E. Goddard, presented his credentials today to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

The new Permanent Representative of Hungary to the United Nations, Csaba Kőrösi, presented his credentials today to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

The new Permanent Representative of Jordan to the United Nations, Prince Zeid Ra’ad Zeid Al-Hussein, presented his credentials today to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed D. Stephen Mathias of the United States as Assistant Secretary-General for Legal Affairs.

The new Permanent Representative of the United Republic of Tanzania to the United Nations, Ombeni Yohana Sefue, presented his credentials today to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.