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TUNIS, Sept 2 (KUNA) -- The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) on Tuesday welcomed the appointment of Swedish official Ulrika Richardson as Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General and UN Resident Coordinator in Libya, succeeding Aeneas Chuma.
Richardson brings over 30 years of leadership in complex political, development, humanitarian, and post-conflict settings across Africa, the Caribbean, the Balkans, and Southeast Europe.
She has held senior roles at UN Development Programme (UNDP), UN International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF), and the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), and most recently as Deputy Special Representatives of the Secretary General (DSRSG) and Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in the UN Integrated Office in Haiti, UNSMIL said.
The mission noted that Chuma ended his Libya tenure last Thursday after starting in September 2024. (end)
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