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Peacekeeper from UNMOGIP observing the Line of Control that separates India and Pakistan

Uruguayan general named chief of UN observer mission in India and Pakistan

17 December 2010
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today appointed Major-General Raul Gloodtdofsky Fernandez of Uruguay as head of the United Nations mission in India and Pakistan.
Valerie Amos.

New UN humanitarian chief among five senior officials appointed by Ban

9 July 2010
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has named Valerie Amos of the United Kingdom as the new United Nations humanitarian chief, one of five senior appointments announced by the world body today.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

Ban to appoint new UN envoys for Nepal, Guinea-Bissau

28 January 2009
Secretary-General has informed the Security Council of his intention to appoint Karin Landgren of Sweden and Joseph Mutaboba of Rwanda and as his top United Nations envoys to Nepal and Guinea-Bissau, respectively.
Slovakia’s Foreign Minister, Ján Kubiš

Slovak foreign minister named to head UN’s economic commission for Europe

18 December 2008
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Slovakia’s Foreign Minister, Ján Kubiš, as the new Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), which promotes dialogue and cooperation among 56 nations on a range of issues, including economic integration, energy, environment and trade.

Danish jurist chosen as new deputy UN legal chief

19 August 2008
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Peter Taksøe-Jensen of Denmark as the new Assistant Secretary-General for Legal Affairs, replacing Larry Johnson of the United States.

Secretary-General to appoint new UN envoys for Lebanon, Cyprus

10 April 2008
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has informed the Security Council of his intention to appoint Johan Verbeke of Belgium as the new United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon, and Tayé-Brook Zerihoun of Ethiopia as the world body’s top official in Cyprus.
Catherine Pollard

Experienced UN official from Guyana to head human resources department

3 April 2008
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has announced that he has selected Guyana’s Catherine Pollard to be the new Assistant Secretary-General for Human Resources Management, calling her appointment a cornerstone of his efforts to strengthen the United Nations in this area.

Appointment confirmed of UN special adviser on responsibility to protect

11 December 2007
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the agreement of the Security Council to his intention to appoint Edward Luck as his new Special Adviser with a focus on the responsibility to protect.

Ban Ki-moon announces slate of new Special Representatives in Africa

18 October 2007
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of three Special Representatives and two Deputy Special Representatives to act for him in four African countries trying to recover from prolonged war or insecurity – Burundi, Côte d’Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Liberia.

Brazilian diplomat to head UN disarmament office, US architect to oversee renovation

2 July 2007
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has named a career Brazilian diplomat to advance the United Nations disarmament agenda and a respected United States architect to oversee the $1.9 billion renovation project of the world body’s New York Headquarters.