German Volker Peretz to become head of UN Support Mission in Sudan
January 7 - 2021 NEW YORK / EL TINA / NIERTETI UN Security Council in New York (UN) The UN Secretary-General has announced the selection of Volker Perthes as Special Envoy of the Secretary General to Sudan and Head of the UN Integrated Transition Support Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS). Reportedly, five diplomats competed in last months of 2020 for the UNITAMS top job. Sudan's Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok would like a European to take the post, but Russia and China disagreed. It seems that the prime minister succeeded, as the newly appointed UNITAMS head is a German nati...
Source: dabangasudan.org