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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday appointed Ghanaian diplomat Anita Kiki Gbeho to serve as the Deputy Special Representative for the United Nations mission in Somalia.
The Office of the UN spokesperson said this in a statement.
“United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres today announced the appointment of Anita Kiki Gbeho of Ghana as his new Deputy Special Representative for the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM),” the statement said.
Gbeho has over 25 years of experience at the UN in establishing strategic relations with national authorities and other actors in conflict and post-conflict settings in Angola, Cambodia, Iraq, Namibia, Sudan, and Somalia.
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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
12/30/2020 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 12/30/2020 13:51
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.
By Sami Zaptia.
London, 17 December 2020:
The UN Security Council approved on 15 December the proposal from UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres to appoint Bulgarian Nickolay Mladenov, currently UN Middle East envoy, as the new special envoy to Libya.
He was first revealed in September, but disagreement between Security Council members has delayed his approval.
Technically, he succeeds Ghassan Salamé who resigned in March but in reality he will replace Acting special envoy Stephanie Williams. It is not known, though, when Mladenov will take up the post. Williams confirmed this week that she will still be in post by the first week of January.
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