NEW UN REPRESENTATIVE FOR LEBANON TAKES UP POST IN BEIRUT

NEW UN REPRESENTATIVE FOR LEBANON TAKES UP POST IN BEIRUT
New York, Oct 13 2008 2:10PM
The newly appointed United Nations representative for Lebanon arrived today in Beirut charged with implementing Security Council resolution 1701, which ended the 2006 war between the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) and the armed group Hizbollah, as well as coordinating all UN work in the country.

Michael Williams, of the United Kingdom, begins his round of meetings with Lebanese officials this week as UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon, representing the Secretary-General on all political aspects of the Organization's work in the middle-eastern country.

The Special Coordinator also ensures that the activities of the UN Country Team are closely coordinated with the Government of Lebanon, donors and international financial institutions in line with the overall objectives of the UN in Lebanon, according to a press statement issued by his office.

Mr. Williams, now based in Beirut, previously served as the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and the Secretary-General's Special Adviser on the Situation in the Middle East, before his appointment as the UK Special Representative for the Middle East in August 2007.

He had also held a number of senior positions with the UN in the 1990s, including Director of Human Rights in the UN Transitional Administration in Cambodia (UNTAC) and Director of Information in the UN Protection Force in Former Yugoslavia (UNPROFOR).
Oct 13 2008 2:10PM
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