Appointments

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Sahle-Work Zewde of Ethiopia as the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Nairobi (UNON). Ms. Zewde will be the first person to be appointed to the newly created position as head of the Organization’s Nairobi Office, at the Under-Secretary-General level.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is pleased to announce the appointment of Kiran Mehra-Kerpelman as Director of the United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) in New Delhi, India. She will assume her new duties on 1 February 2011.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Gana Fofang of Cameroon to serve as his Deputy Special Representative in Guinea-Bissau. Mr. Fofang will also serve as United Nations Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Christian Manahl of Austria as his Deputy Special Representative for Somalia. He brings to the position a wealth of experience in conflict prevention and management, governance, rule of law, strategic and contingency planning, institutional cooperation and the mobilization and coordination of assistance.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Major General Chao Liu of China as the Force Commander of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP).

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Karin Landgren ( Sweden) as his new Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Office in Burundi (BNUB). The Secretary-General is grateful to Charles Petrie for his service to the Organization, and for his commitment in leading the United Nations Integrated Office in Burundi (BINUB) at a critical period as Executive Representative.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has decided to appoint Major General Raul Gloodtdofsky Fernandez of Uruguay as Chief Military Observer and Head of the United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP). He will replace Major General Kim Moon Hwa of the Republic of Korea, who completed his assignment on 27 November.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Robert Watkins of Canada as Deputy Special Coordinator for Lebanon, where he will also serve as the United Nations Resident Coordinator and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Resident Representative. The new Deputy Special Coordinator succeeds Marta Ruedas of Spain, who will complete her assignment at the end of the year.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Yukio Takasu of Japan as Special Adviser on Human Security. Mr. Takasu has played a pivotal role in advancing a greater understanding on the notion of human security, both within the United Nations and outside, for more than 10 years. In 2006, Mr. Takasu initiated the formation of the Friends of Human Security, an informal network to follow up the 2005 United Nations Summit Outcome document.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the appointments of Brice Lalonde of France and Elizabeth Thompson of Barbados as the Executive Coordinators for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development. The General Assembly, by its resolution 64/236, decided to convene the Conference at the highest possible level, including Heads of State and Government,.