UN appoints Director of UNIC in New Delhi

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed a senior Dutch official as head of the world body's information centre in New Delhi, covering India and Bhutan.

Derk Segaar of the Netherlands has been appointed Director of the United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) in New Delhi, covering India and the Kingdom of Bhutan.

He assumed his duties on January 20.

Prior to this appointment, Segaar had served since 2013 as the Chief of the United Nations Resident Coordinator's Office and Head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan's (UNMISS) Relief, Reintegration and Protection Section.

He was responsible for the overall managing of the UNMISS protection of civilians sites, where more than 200,000 people had sought shelter from the violence.

From 2011 to 2013, Segaar was the Head of Communications of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in New York, where he directly managed its global media and communications activities, including the development and implementation of its corporate advocacy and communications strategy.

He has worked in different capacities in the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs field mission in El Fasher, Sudan.