7 years 1 month ago
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF GERMANY PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO ACTING DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
01 July 2014
Presentation of Credentials
The new Permanent Representative of Germany to the United Nations Office at Geneva, Joachim Rücker, 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. Rücker had been serving as Inspector General at the Federal Foreign Office of Germany in Berlin since 2011. From 2008 to 2011, he was Germany’s Ambassador to Sweden.
Mr. Rücker served as Special Representative of the Secretary-General at the United Nations Interim Administration…
7 years 1 month ago
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UNITED STATES PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO ACTING DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
26 June 2014
Presentation of Credentials
The new Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations Office at Geneva, Pamela Hamamoto, 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. Hamamoto had been serving as a member of the Board of Trustees at the Branson School, from 2012 to 2013, and as a member of the Board of Trustees at Marin County Day School, where she also chaired the Finance Committee and Audit Committee, from 2007 to 2013.…
7 years 2 months ago
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF TAJIKISTAN PRESENTS CREDENTIALS
04 June 2014
Presentation of Credentials
Jamshed Khamidov, the new Permanent Representative of Tajikistan 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.
Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Khamidov had been serving at the Department of International Organizations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs since 2011, first as Head of Division and then as Deputy Head of the Department. He also worked at that Department from 2006 to 2008. He served as Counselor at the Permanent Mission of…
7 years 2 months ago
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF CHILE PRESENTS CREDENTIALS
02 June 2014
Presentation of Credentials
Marta Maurás Pérez, the new Permanent Representative of Chile 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. Maurás Pérez had been serving as a Senior Adviser to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on business and human/child rights since 2013. For most of her professional career, Ms. Maurás Pérez has been associated with the United Nations system. From 2009 to 2013, she served as a Member and Vice Chairperson of…
7 years 2 months ago
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF FIJI PRESENTS CREDENTIALS
23 May 2014
Presentation of Credentials
Nazhat Shameem, the new Permanent Representative of Fiji 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. Shameem had been working since 2009 as a legal practitioner and legal consultant, planning and conducting training programmes for judges, magistrates and lawyers on advocacy, legal and judicial skills, human rights and the justice system, gender competence and cultural awareness in the courts.
Ms. Shameem became Fiji’s…
7 years 2 months ago
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF RWANDA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS
23 May 2014
Presentation of Credentials
Francois Xavier Ngarambé, the new Permanent Representative of Rwanda 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.
Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Ngarambé had been serving as Rwanda’s Ambassador to China since 2010, concurrently accredited as Ambassador to Viet Nam, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Cambodia and People’s Democratic Republic of Korea.
Mr. Ngarambé started his career in 1976 as a junior clerk at the Statistics Department of the National…
7 years 3 months ago
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF SWAZILAND PRESENTS CREDENTIALS
28 April 2014
Presentation of Credentials
Njabuliso Busisiwe Gwebu, the new Permanent Representative of Swaziland 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.
Ms. Gwebu started her career at the Swaziland Monetary Authority (the Central Bank of Swaziland) in 1975, before moving to the Ministry of Education where she worked from 1980 to 1997, first as a teacher and then as Head of a Social Department. She was a Councellor on the Manzini City Council (City Board member) from 1998 to 2001. From 2002…
7 years 5 months ago
NEW PERMANENT OBSERVER OF PARTNERS IN POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT PRESENTS LETTER OF NOMINATION
18 March 2014
Presentation of Credentials
Denis Broun, the new Permanent Observer of Partners in Population and Development to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his letter of nomination to Michael Møller, Acting Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.
Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Dr. Broun, a French national, was the Executive Director of global health initiative UNITAID from 2011 until January 2014. Between 2005 and 2008 Dr. Broun worked for the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), first holding the position of Country…
7 years 5 months ago
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF QATAR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS
27 February 2014
Presentation of Credentials
Faisal bin Abdulla Al-Henzab, the new Permanent Representative of Qatar 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.
Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Al-Henzab had been serving as Consul General of Qatar in Los Angeles, California, from 2013 to 2014. He served as Consul General of Qatar in Houston, Texas from 2012 to 2013. He worked at the Office of the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs from 2010 to 2011.
A career diplomat, Mr. Al-Henzab worked…
7 years 5 months ago
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF CHINA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS
25 February 2014
Presentation of Credentials
Wu Hailong, the new Permanent Representative of China 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.
Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Wu had been serving as Head of the Mission of China to the European Union since 2011. He was China’s Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2009 to 2011, and from 2006 to 2009, he served as Director-General of the Department of International Organizations and Conferences at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He served…
