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UN chief Ban names new head of UN envoy for Central Africa

Xinhua, October 15, 2016 Adjust font size:

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Francois Lounceny Fall of Guinea as his acting special representative for Central Africa and head of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA), UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric announced here Friday.

Fall succeeds Abdoulaye Bathily of Senegal, who will conclude his appointment on Oct. 31, Dujarric said at a daily news briefing here. "The secretary-general is grateful for Mr. Bathily's dedication and excellent leadership of UNOCA during a critical period for the Central African sub region."

Fall has been serving as vice-chairman of the Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission of the South Sudan Peace Agreement since January 2016.

"He brings extensive experience in the areas of politics and diplomacy, having supported political processes in Somalia, the Central African Republic and South Sudan," the spokesman said.

He has also served as foreign minister of Guinea, and with the United Nations, as the special representative of the secretary-general in the Central African Republic from 2007 to 2008 and in Somalia from 2005 to 2007.

UNOCA was inaugurated in Libreville, Gabon, on March 2, 2011. It is mandated to assist member states and sub-regional organizations in consolidating peace and preventing future conflicts. Enditem