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The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed Anita Kiki Gbeho as his new Deputy Special Representative for the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM).
A UN statement said Ms Gbeho, a Ghanaian succeeds Raisedon Zenenga of Zimbabwe, who has been appointed Assistant Secretary-General and Mission Coordinator of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), and to whom the Secretary-General is grateful for his dedicated service and contribution to the work of the United Nations in Somalia . With more than 25 years of experience in strategic planning, coordination and management in political, development and humanitarian affairs at United Nations Headquarters and in field operations, Ms. Gbeho’s work entailed establishing high-level political and strategic relations with national authorities, regional bodies and partners in conflict and post-conflict environments, in such diverse setti
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Secretary-General Appoints Anita Kiki Gbeho of Ghana his Deputy Special Representative for United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the appointment of Anita Kiki Gbeho of Ghana as his new Deputy Special Representative for the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM).
Ms. Gbeho succeeds Raisedon Zenenga of Zimbabwe, who has been appointed Assistant Secretary-General and Mission Coordinator of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), and to whom the Secretary-General is grateful for his dedicated service and contribution to the work of the United Nations in Somalia.
UN chief welcomes murder conviction for 1980 blue helmet killings in Lebanon December 30, 2020
Peacekeepers stand guard in Beirut, Lebanon, after the rain. courtesy UN/Pasqual Gorriz
NEW YORK United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres welcomed Lebanon’s decision to bring to justice the man found guilty of killing two UN peacekeepers decades ago.
Deputy UN Spokesperson Farhan Haq said on Monday that Guterres “took note” of the Dec. 22 verdict by the country’s Permanent Military Court, which convicted and sentenced 76-year-old Mahmoud Bazzi to 15 years in prison for the decades-old kidnapping and killing of two UN peacekeepers and causing serious injury to a third.
Secretary-General Appoints Hiro Mizuno of Japan Special Envoy on Innovative Finance and Sustainable Investments
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the appointment of Hiro Mizuno of Japan as Special Envoy on Innovative Finance and Sustainable Investments. He is a financial executive and former Executive Management Director and CIO of the Government Pension Investment Fund of Japan.
With the COVID-19 pandemic affecting societies and economies at their core, the Special Envoy will support the Secretary-General s advocacy and engagement in global public-private dialogue to encourage action in new and unprecedented ways to shift public and private investments towards the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals. As highlighted through the Financing for Development in the Era of COVID-19 Initiative, it is vital to increase the pool of sustainable finance, with particular attention to removing bottlenecks to blended finance and other innovative fin