UN Secretary-General António Guterres today announced the appointment of Anita Kiki Gbeho of Ghana as Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) and Resident Coordinator in the country. Ms. Gbeho will also serve as Coordinator of Humanitarian Operations.
She succeeds Ms. Sara Beysolow Nyanti of Liberia, to whom the Secretary-General expresses his gratitude for her dedication and work.
Ms. Gbeho brings with her more than 25 years of experience in strategic planning, coordination and management of political, development and humanitarian affairs, both at United Nations Headquarters and in different conflict and post-conflict situations, including Angola, in Cambodia, Iraq, Namibia, Somalia and Sudan. Since 2021, she has been Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Political Affairs at the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia, where she supported the Special Representative in advancing peace and state-building objectives.
From 2018 to 2020, Ms. Gbeho was Deputy Special Representative to the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur, where she led the development and implementation of the mission’s transition strategy. Between 2015 and 2018, she worked in Namibia as Resident Coordinator and Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). She was also Head of Section at the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in New York and Head of the OCHA office in Somalia and South Sudan.
Ms. Gbeho holds a Master’s degree in International Relations from the University of Ghana.
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* This press release replaces that of December 30, 2020 published under the symbol SG/A/2002*.
2023-12-08 19:44:10
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