UN Secretary-General appoints Monica Kathina Juma to UNODC and UNOV
Key points
Appoints Monica Kathina Juma to lead UNODC and UNOV
John Brandolino to remain acting head until handover
TL;DR
António Guterres appoints Monica Kathina Juma of Kenya as Executive Director of UNODC and Director-General of UNOV; John Brandolino will serve as acting head until she assumes office.
Ms. Juma is currently Kenya’s National Security Adviser and has held multiple cabinet, diplomatic and senior academic roles.
She holds a PhD from the University of Oxford and degrees from the University of Nairobi; she speaks English, Kiswahili and Kamba.
Original text
Secretary-General Appointments United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the appointment of Monica Kathina Juma of Kenya as Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) as well as Director-General of the United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV). She succeeds Ghada Fathi Waly of Egypt, to whom the Secretary-General is grateful for her dedicated service to the Organiz...
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