Press Release

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today announced the appointment of Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert of the Netherlands as his Special Representative for Iraq and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI).  She will succeed Ján Kubiš of Slovakia, to whom the Secretary-General is grateful for his service.

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:

The new Permanent Representative of Nicaragua to the United Nations, Sidhartha Francisco Marín Aráuz, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General António Guterres today.

The new Permanent Representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the United Nations, Ivica Dronjić, presented his credentials to UN Secretary‑General António Guterres today.

The new Permanent Representative of Costa Rica to the United Nations, Rodrigo Alberto Carazo Zeledón, presented his credentials to UN Secretary‑General António Guterres today.

The new Permanent Representative of Armenia to the United Nations, Mher Margaryan, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General António Guterres today.

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today announced the appointment of Lieutenant General Dennis Gyllensporre of Sweden as Force Commander of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA).

The new Permanent Representative of Iceland to the United Nations, Bergdís Ellertsdóttir, presented her credentials to UN Secretary‑General António Guterres today.

The new Permanent Representative of Barbados to the United Nations, Henrietta Elizabeth Thompson, presented her credentials to UN Secretary‑General António Guterres today.