Secretary-General Appointment / Central African Republic
BANGUI, Central African Republic, May 28, 2009/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Daily press briefing by the office of the spokesperson for the UN secretary-general.
The Secretary-General has informed the Security Council of his intention to appoint Ms. Sahle-Work Zewde of Ethiopia as his new Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Peacebuilding Support Office in the Central African Republic (BONUCA). This Office will be succeeded by the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office (BINUCA).
Ms. Zewde would be the second woman to be appointed as a Special Representative by the Secretary-General and will replace François Fall. The Secretary-General is grateful for Mr. Fall’s tireless efforts to help stabilize the situation in the Central African Republic.
Ms. Zewde brings to this position years of experience in the African Union’s initiatives in conflict prevention and peacebuilding. She has over 20 years of diplomatic service as an ambassador, and is currently the Permanent Representative of Ethiopia to the African Union and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA).
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United Nations – Office of the Spokesperson of the Secretary-General
