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Prof.Tibaijuka DG UN Office
2006-09-17 08:32:25
By Modestus Kessy, Arusha
The Executive Director of the Nairobi-based UN Human
Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT), Professor Anna
Tibaijuka, has been appointed Director General of the
UN Office in Nairobi (UNON).
A statement from the UN office in Nairobi said on
Friday that the UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan, said
Tibaijuka, a Tanzanian, would still retain her current
position.
Tibaijuka (pictured) the highest-ranking African woman
in the United Nations system, has been the Executive
Director of the UN-Habitat since September 2000.
As Director-General of the only UN headquarters in a
developing country, Tibaijuka will be the senior-most
United Nations official in Nairobi and reports
directly to the UN Secretary-General, the statement
said.
As the Secretary-Generals official representative,
the Director General serves as a direct link between
the UN, the Kenyan government and the extensive
diplomatic community in Nairobi, and as the host of a
wide variety of diplomatic gatherings and
peace-building initiatives that take place in the
capital.
In June 2005, Annan appointed Tibaijuka as his Special
Envoy to study the scope of the Zimbabwean
governments evictions of informal traders and people
deemed to be squatting illegally.
The year before, British Prime Minister Tony Blair had
invited Tibaijuka, to be a member of the Commission
for Africa, which he established to generate ideas and
action to accelerate and sustain Africas growth and
development.
2006-09-17 08:32:25
By Modestus Kessy, Arusha
The Executive Director of the Nairobi-based UN Human
Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT), Professor Anna
Tibaijuka, has been appointed Director General of the
UN Office in Nairobi (UNON).
A statement from the UN office in Nairobi said on
Friday that the UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan, said
Tibaijuka, a Tanzanian, would still retain her current
position.
Tibaijuka (pictured) the highest-ranking African woman
in the United Nations system, has been the Executive
Director of the UN-Habitat since September 2000.
As Director-General of the only UN headquarters in a
developing country, Tibaijuka will be the senior-most
United Nations official in Nairobi and reports
directly to the UN Secretary-General, the statement
said.
As the Secretary-Generals official representative,
the Director General serves as a direct link between
the UN, the Kenyan government and the extensive
diplomatic community in Nairobi, and as the host of a
wide variety of diplomatic gatherings and
peace-building initiatives that take place in the
capital.
In June 2005, Annan appointed Tibaijuka as his Special
Envoy to study the scope of the Zimbabwean
governments evictions of informal traders and people
deemed to be squatting illegally.
The year before, British Prime Minister Tony Blair had
invited Tibaijuka, to be a member of the Commission
for Africa, which he established to generate ideas and
action to accelerate and sustain Africas growth and
development.