Biographical Note

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has announced today the appointment of Rebeca Grynspan of Costa Rica as Under-Secretary-General and Associate Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Ms. Grynspan will replace Ad Melkert, who has been appointed the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Iraq.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Jean Ping, have appointed Ibrahim Gambari of Nigeria as Joint African Union-United Nations Special Representative for Darfur, with effect from 1 January 2010.

The new Permanent Representative of Germany to the United Nations, Peter Wittig, presented his credentials today to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

The Secretary-General has appointed Ameerah Haq of Bangladesh as his Special Representative for Timor-Leste and Head of the United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Corinne Momal-Vanian as the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva.

The new Permanent Representative of Nepal to the United Nations, Gyan Chandra Acharya, presented his credentials today to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

The new Permanent Observer for the Asian-African Legal Consultative Organization, Roy S. Lee, today presented his letter of appointment to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

The new Permanent Observer of the African Union to the United Nations, Téte António, presented his letter of appointment to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today.

The new Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations, Mark Lyall Grant, today presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki‑moon.

The new Permanent Representative of Ecuador to the United Nations, Francisco Carrión Mena, presented his credentials today to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.