Biographical Note

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is pleased to announce the appointment of David Smith as Director of the United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Francisco Dall’Anese Ruiz of Costa Rica to head the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG). Mr. Dall’Anese will replace outgoing Commissioner Carlos Castresana, who announced his resignation on 7 June.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced the appointment of Joan Elise Dubinsky, a national of the United States, as Director of the Ethics Office. She succeeds Robert Benson of Canada, to whom the Secretary-General is grateful for his dedicated service to the Organization and his experience and advice on ethics matters.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced the appointment of Major General Moses Bisong Obi of Nigeria as Force Commander of the United Nations Mission in Sudan.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Roger A. Meece of the United States as his Special Representative for the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Head of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO). Mr. Meece will succeed Alan Doss of the United Kingdom.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Augustine P. Mahigaof the United Republic of Tanzania as his Special Representative for Somalia and Head of the United Nations Political Office for Somalia (UNPOS). Mr. Mahiga replaces Mr. Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah ( Mauritania) who has served in the position from September 2007.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Youssef Mahmoud of Tunisia as his Special Representative for the United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad, effective from 1 June 2010.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is pleased to announce the appointment of Mari Yamashita as Director of the United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) in Tokyo, Japan. She will assume her new duties in mid-July.

The new Permanent Representative of Montenegro to the United Nations, Milorad Šćepanović, presented his credentials today to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

The new Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the United Nations, Paul R. Seger, presented his credentials today to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.