6 years 10 months ago
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF BANGLADESH PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA
29 September 2014
Presentation of Credentials
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF BANGLADESH PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA
Shameem Ahsan, the new Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Michael Møller, the Acting Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.
Mr. Ahsan is a career diplomat with over 27 years of service. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Ahsan was the Ambassador of Bangladesh to Brazil, a position he took…
6 years 11 months ago
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF TURKMENISTAN PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO ACTING DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
15 September 2014
Presentation of Credentials
The new Permanent Representative of Turkmenistan to the United Nations Office at Geneva, Atageldi Haljanov, today presented his credentials to Michael Møller, the Acting Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.
Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Haljanov was the Head of the Department of International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. From June 2011 to 2012 he was in the United States, serving as First Secretary at the Consul of the Embassy of Turkmenistan in Washington D.C.…
6 years 11 months ago
NEW PERMANENT OBSERVER OF WEST AFRICAN ECONOMIC AND MONETARY UNION PRESENTS LETTER OF NOMINATION
12 September 2014
Presentation of Credentials
Amadou Dieng, the new Permanent Observer of the West African Economic and Monetary Union, today presented his letter of nomination to Michael Møller, the Acting Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.
Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Dieng had been serving as Director for Competitiveness at the West African Economic and Monetary Union since 2007, after having worked at the Union on issues of competitiveness from 2001 to 2007.
Mr. Dieng served as Technical Counsellor in charge of judicial affairs at the…
6 years 11 months ago
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF PRINCIPALITY OF LIECHTENSTEIN PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO ACTING DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
09 September 2014
Presentation of Credentials
The new Permanent Representative of the Principality of Liechtenstein to the United Nations Office at Geneva, Peter Matt, today presented his credentials to Michael Møller, the Acting Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.
Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Matt had been serving as Counsellor and Deputy Permanent Representative at the Permanent Mission of the Principality of Liechtenstein in Geneva since 2013. From 2009 to 2012, he was Deputy Head of the Embassy of the Principality of…
6 years 11 months ago
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF AUSTRALIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO ACTING DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
09 September 2014
Presentation of Credentials
The new Permanent Representative of Australia to the United Nations Office at Geneva, John Paton Quinn, today presented his credentials to Michael Møller, the Acting Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.
Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Quinn had been serving as Assistant Secretary for Strategic Issues and Intelligence in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade for much of the period since late 2008, dealing with a range of regional and global security and politico-military issues. He chaired the…
6 years 11 months ago
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF SINGAPORE PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO ACTING DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
08 September 2014
Presentation of Credentials
The new Permanent Representative of Singapore to the United Nations Office at Geneva, Foo Kok Jwee, today presented his credentials to Michael Møller, the Acting Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.
Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Foo had been serving as Director-General of the Technical Cooperation Directorate in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from August 2011 to May 2014. He also served as Press Secretary to Senior Minister (and later Emeritus Senior Minister) Goh Chok Tong from December to 2010 to…
6 years 11 months ago
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF SYRIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO OFFICER-IN-CHARGE OF UNOG
03 September 2014
Presentation of Credentials
Houssam El dine Alaa, the new Permanent Representative of Syria to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Vladimir Gratchev, Officer-in-Charge of the United Nations Office at Geneva.
Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Alaa had been serving as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates for international organizations and European affairs since January 2013. He was Director of the international organizations department at the Ministry from July 2012 to January 2013. He served as Syria’s Ambassador…
6 years 11 months ago
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF EGYPT PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO OFFICER-IN-CHARGE OF UNOG
01 September 2014
Presentation of Credentials
The new Permanent Representative of Egypt to the United Nations Office at Geneva, Amr Ahmed Ramadan, today presented his credentials to Vladimir Gratchev, Officer-in-Charge of the United Nations Office at Geneva.
Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Ramadan had been serving as Egypt’s Ambassador to Portugal since November 2013. Before that, he was Deputy Assistant Minister for the Non-Aligned Movement, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and Specialized Agencies. He served as Deputy Chief of Mission of the Egyptian Embassy in…
7 years ago
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF MAURITANIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO ACTING DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
05 August 2014
Presentation of Credentials
The new Permanent Representative of Mauritania to the United Nations Office at Geneva, Salka Mint Bilal Yamar, today presented her credentials to Michael Møller, the Acting Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.
Prior to her appointment to Geneva, Ms. Mint Bilal Yamar had been a member of the National Assembly of Mauritania since November 2013, after being President of the Administration Council of the Mauritanian Office for Geological Research since 2009. During the same period, she carried out functions for the “…
7 years 1 month ago
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF DOMINICA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO ACTING DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
18 July 2014
Presentation of Credentials
Francine Baron, the new Permanent Representative of Dominica to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Michael Møller, the Acting Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.
Prior to her appointment to Geneva, Ms. Baron had been serving as High Commissioner of Dominica to the Court of St. James’s in London since 2012. She served as Attorney General of Dominica from 2007 to 2010.
From 2011 to 2012, and from 1996 to 2007, Ms. Baron worked as an Attorney at Law. From 2005 to 2007, she was the…
