Date

Appointment

23-Dec-2017                

UN appoints Henrietta Fore as Executive Director of UNICEF

28-Nov-2017

Quarraisha Abdool Karim chosen as UNAIDS Special Ambassador

4-Oct-2017

Dr Soumya Swaminathan appointed WHO’s deputy director general for programmes. Highest post held by an Indian in WHO.

13-Oct-2017

Audrey Azoulay nominated by UNESCO Executive Board for the post of Director-General of the Organization. She replaces Irina Bokova.

21-Jun-2017

Vladimir Voronkov appointed as Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism

19-Jun-2017

UNICEF appoints Syrian refugee Muzoon Almellehan a 19-year-old education activist and Syrian refugee, as its newest and youngest Goodwill Ambassador.

31-May-2017

Miroslav Lajčák becomes President of the 72nd session of the UN General Assembly

23-May-2017                         

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, a health expert from Ethiopia, was elected as the new director-general for World Health Organization (WHO)

15-Mar-2017

N Biren Singh Takes Oath as first BJP Chief Minister of Manipur

1-Mar-2017

J.S. Deepak appointed as India’s WTO ambassador

29-Mar-2017

David Beasley of the United States appointed as Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP)

20-Feb-2017

Neil Gaiman appointed UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador

14-Feb-2017

Jean-Pierre Lacroix appointed as Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations