7 years 6 months ago
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF COLOMBIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS
30 January 2014
Presentation of Credentials
Juan Jose Quintana, the new Permanent Representative of Colombia 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. Quintana had been serving in 2013 at the Embassy of Colombia to the Netherlands, in charge of matters concerning the International Court of Justice. He was a Minister in charge of legal affairs at the Permanent Mission of Colombia to the United Nations in New York, as well as a Delegate to the Security…
7 years 6 months ago
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF CAMBODIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS
24 January 2014
Presentation of Credentials
Ney Samol, the new Permanent Representative of Cambodia 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. Ney had been serving as Director of the Europe Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Cambodia since 2010. From 2005 to 2010, he was the Consul General at the Consulate General of Cambodia in Shanghai, China.
A career diplomat, Mr. Ney has also served as Deputy Director…
7 years 7 months ago
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF EGYPT PRESENTS CREDENTIALS
17 January 2014
Presentation of Credentials
Walid Mahmoud Abdelnasser, the new Permanent Representative of Egypt 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. Abdelnasser had been serving as Director General of Policy Planning and Crisis Management at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Cairo since 2011. He was Egypt’s Ambassador to Tokyo, Japan from 2007 to 2011. He served as Director of the Institute for Diplomatic Studies and the Cairo Regional Centre for…
7 years 7 months ago
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF SLOVENIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS
17 January 2014
Presentation of Credentials
Vojislav Suc, the new Permanent Representative of Slovenia 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. Suc had been Head of the Diplomatic Protocol at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs since 2010. He served as Slovenia’s Ambassador to Sweden, Finland, Latvia and Estonia from 2006 to 2010. Mr. Suc was the Head of the Division for North and Latin America and the Caribbean at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Slovenia…
7 years 7 months ago
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF UKRAINE PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO ACTING DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA
13 January 2014
Presentation of Credentials
Yurii Klymenko, the new Permanent Representative of Ukraine 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. Klymenko had been serving as Deputy and First Deputy Director-General of the Principal Department for International Relations, Administration of the President of Ukraine. He was Consul General of Ukraine in Barcelona, Spain from 2006 to 2010, and in…
7 years 7 months ago
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF SAUDI ARABIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS
07 January 2014
Presentation of Credentials
Faisal bin Hassan Trad, the new Permanent Representative of Saudi Arabia 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. Trad had been serving as Ambassador of Saudi Arabia to Belgium and Luxembourg and Head of the Saudi Mission to the European Union, the European Council and the European Commission. He was Saudi Arabia’s
Ambassador to India from 2009 to 2011, to Japan from 2004 to 2008, and to the Arab League in…
7 years 7 months ago
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF MONGOLIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS
30 December 2013
Presentation of Credentials
Vaanchig Purevdorj, the new Permanent Representative of Mongolia 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. Purevdorj had been working as a Human Rights Officer at the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva, from 2011 to 2013. He had been Project Manager and a Global Leadership Fellow at the Responsible Mineral Development Initiative of the World Economic Forum in Geneva from 2010 to 2011.
A…
7 years 7 months ago
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF MEXICO PRESENTS CREDENTIALS
20 December 2013
Presentation of Credentials
Jorge Lomonaco Tonda, the new Permanent Representative of Mexico 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. Lomonaco Tonda had been serving as Ambassador of Mexico to Sweden and non-resident Ambassador to Latvia and Lithuania since 2012. From 2007 to 2012, he was Ambassador of Mexico to the Netherlands and Permanent Representative to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.
From 2003 to 2007, Mr.…
7 years 8 months ago
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF PHILIPPINES PRESENTS CREDENTIALS
19 December 2013
Presentation of Credentials
Cecilia R. Rebong, the new Permanent Representative of the Philippines 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. Rebong had been serving as Chief Coordinator at the Office of the Secretary of Foreign Affairs since 2011, a position she also held from 2000 to 2001. She was Philippine Consul General in New York from 2004 to 2010, and served as the Presidential Assistant on Foreign Affairs and Chief of…
7 years 9 months ago
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF NAMIBIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS
13 November 2013
Presentation of Credentials
Sabine Bohlke-Moller, the new Permanent Representative of Namibia 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. Bohlke-Moller had been serving as Deputy Director for Southern Africa at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs since 2012. She was Deputy Director for all countries that Namibia had diplomatic relations with from 2010 to 2012, and was Deputy Director for Asia and the Pacific Rim from 2007 to 2010.
A career…
