4 years 11 months ago
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF TOGO PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA
24 August 2016
Presentation of Credentials
Yackoley Kokou Johnson, the new Permanent Representative of Togo to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Michael Møller, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.
Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Johnson had been serving as Ambassador of Togo to Great Britain since 2014. In 2012 and 2013, he was a member of the Togo team at the Security Council. He was Secretary General of the Ministry of Social Action and National Solidarity from 2008 to 2011, and…
4 years 11 months ago
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF MALAYSIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA
23 August 2016
Presentation of Credentials
Amran Mohamed Zin, the new Permanent Representative of Malaysia to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Michael Møller, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.
Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Zin had been serving as Malaysia’s Ambassador to Turkey since 2014. From 2010 to 2014, he served as Undersecretary in the South East Asia Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He was a Minister Counsellor at the Embassy of Malaysia in Indonesia from 2008 to…
4 years 11 months ago
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF ISRAEL PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA
22 August 2016
Presentation of Credentials
Aviva Raz-Shechter, the new Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Michael Møller, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.
Prior to her appointment to Geneva, Ms. Raz-Shechter served as the Deputy Director General for the Middle East and Peace Process Division at the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem since 2011. From 2005 until 2011, she served as the Director of the Department for Antisemitism and Holocaust…
5 years ago
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF BELGIUM PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA
19 August 2016
Presentation of Credentials
Geert Muylle, the new Permanent Representative of Belgium to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Michael Møller, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.
Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Muylle served as Director General a.i. and Member of the Board of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belgium and Deputy to the Secretary General of the Ministry, in charge of management issues, since 2014. He also served as Director General and Member of the Board at the…
5 years ago
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF ICELAND PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA
17 August 2016
Presentation of Credentials
Hogni Kristjansson, the new Permanent Representative of Iceland to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Michael Møller, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.
Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Kristjansson had been serving as a Director General at the Directorate for External Trade and Economic Affairs at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Iceland since 2012. He was Director for European Affairs at the Ministry from 2008 to 2012. He served at the…
5 years ago
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF BULGARIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA
15 August 2016
Presentation of Credentials
Deyana Kostadinova, the new Permanent Representative of Bulgaria to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Michael Møller, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.
Prior to her appointment to Geneva, Ms. Kostadinova had been serving as Chief of Cabinet of the President of Bulgaria since December 2015. In 2013, she served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Labour and Social Policy in the caretaker government of Bulgaria. She was appointed as Secretary of…
5 years ago
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF SWITZERLAND PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA
10 August 2016
Presentation of Credentials
Valentin Zellweger, the new Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Michael Møller, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.
Prior to assuming his position in Geneva, Mr. Zellweger held the position of Deputy Director and then Director of the International Public Law Directorate at the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs since 2007. Between 2003 and 2007, Mr. Zellweger served as the Chief of Cabinet of the…
5 years ago
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF LITHUANIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA
08 August 2016
Presentation of Credentials
Andrius Krivas, the new Permanent Representative of Lithuania to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Michael Møller, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.
Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Krivas served as the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania since 2013. From 2010 and 2013, he served as Minister Counsellor at the Permanent Representation of Lithuania to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), and between 2008 to…
5 years 1 month ago
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF BARBADOS PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA
30 June 2016
Presentation of Credentials
Bentley DeVere Gibbs, the new Permanent Representative of Barbados to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Michael Møller, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.
Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Gibbs had served for five years as the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (Foreign Trade Division). From 2008 to 2009, he was the Permanent Secretary for Trade, Industry and Commerce, and from 2004 to 2007 he was…
5 years 1 month ago
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF SOUTH AFRICA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA
24 June 2016
Presentation of Credentials
Nozipho Joyce Mxakato-Diseko, the new Permanent Representative of South Africa to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Michael Møller, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.
Prior to her appointment to Geneva, Ms. Mxakato-Diseko had been the Deputy Director General for Global Governance and Continental Agenda at the Department of International Relations and Cooperation since 2012. In 2015 and 2016, she was also the chair of the Group 77 and China, and South…
