Bangladeshi diplomat appointed head of UN mission in Afghanistan

A senior Bangladeshi diplomat has been appointed as head of the United Nations mission in Afghanistan.

Rabab Fatima, the former Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations, has been appointed by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres as his new Special Representative for Afghanistan and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA).

Fatima, who currently serves as Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small

Island Developing States (UN-OHRLLS), succeeds Roza Otunbayeva of Kyrgyzstan, the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General said in a statement on Wednesday.