Ambassador_________appointed UN Under-Secretary-General in 9th June 2022.

AK Abdul Momen

Rabab Fatima

Munir Akram

Masud Bin Momen

Correct Answer : Rabab Fatima

* Ambassador Rabab Fatima, the Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations, has been appointed as the Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries, and Small Island Developing States (UN-OHRLLS).

* On Thursday (June 9th 2022) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced this high-level appointment.

* Ambassador Rabab Fatima is the first woman diplomat from Bangladesh to be appointed to this post.

* With her appointment as Assistant Secretary General to the UN, Rabab Fatima has become the highest ranking official of Bangladesh under the UN system.

* The appointment of Rabab Fatima is testimony to Bangladesh’s close engagement with the multilateral diplomatic system and a recognition of the professionalism of Bangladeshi diplomats.

Rabab Fatima :

* Ambassador Rabab Fatima is a career diplomat from Bangladesh. She had joined the Bangladesh Foreign Service in 1989.

* Earlier, she served as Ambassador of Bangladesh to Japan between 2016-2019 and worked in various capacities in the ministry of Foreign Affairs and at Bangladesh missions in New York, Kolkata, Geneva and Beijing..

Source : The Daily Star

Published On : June 13, 2022

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