25 March 2013
– Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Tegegnework Gettu of
Ethiopia as the new Under-Secretary-General for General Assembly and
Conference Management (DGACM), it was announced today.
With about 1,200 staff at United Nations Headquarters in New York and
2,200 worldwide, including the conference management staff at the UN
Offices at Geneva, Vienna and Nairobi, DGACM is the largest department
in the UN Secretariat.
Among the department’s staff are committee secretaries and research
clerks, meeting planners and protocol officers, translators and verbatim
reporters, interpreters and editors, graphic designers and printers,
conference officers and administrators.
According to the announcement, Mr. Gettu brings to his new position
“analytical skills and proven operational capacity on the ground and at
headquarters, managing complex organizational structures and leading
effectively large departments in challenging environments.”
He has over 30 years of increasingly responsible management
experience in the development field, at both the national and
international levels, including academia, government and private sector.
Mr. Gettu, who has been the Assistant Secretary-General and Regional
Bureau Director for Africa for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
since 2009, has also served as Chief of Staff and Director of UNDP’s
Executive Office in New York and was the UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP
Resident Representative in Nigeria until 2006.
Moreover, he boasts a fruitful academic career, serving as a fellow
to Columbia University as well as working as Assistant Professor and
Lecturer at the University of Rochester, Hunter College and Addis Ababa
University.
Mr. Gettu will replace Jean-Jacques Graisse of Belgium whom Mr. Ban
thanked for having served with “dedication and able leadership” during
his tenure as Acting Head of DGACM
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