[ALOCHONA] Ameerah Haq appointed UN Under-secretary-General

Ameerah Haq appointed UN Under-secretary-General   Bangladesh national Ameerah Haq has been appointed Under-Secretary-General and Special Representative for Timor-Leste and Head of the United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT). She will take office in Dili, Timor-Leste on January 5, said a press release Monday. Ameerah Haq is the highest ranking UN staff from Bangladesh and the first woman from Bangladesh to reach this level.She will hold a press briefing on December 26 in Dhaka before joining her new office.Most recently she served as Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Sudan, and prior to that, as Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan. In both cases, she also held the position of UN Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator and Resident Representative of UNDP. http://www.thebangladeshtoday.com/national.htm

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