UN Appoints Resident, Humanitarian Coordinator for Ethiopia

Addis ababa: UN Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed the Nigerian Ozonnia Ojielo, who has been serving as senior leader in the UN system, as UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Ethiopia.According to Ethiopian News Agency, Ojielo brings to the position over 25 years of experience in sustainable development, governance, peacebuilding and conflict prevention, including overseeing a global portfolio of United Nations programs and projects across four continents.He most recently served as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Rwanda, where he provided strategic leadership to the United Nations Country Team, strengthened joint delivery, and engaged closely with development partners and senior government leaders to advance national development priorities, the release added.Prior to this assignment, he served as Resident Coordinator in Kyrgyzstan, following his roles as Resident Coordinator and Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and as Represent ative of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) to the Kyrgyz Republic.Within the United Nations system, he previously held several senior leadership roles with UNDP, including Cluster Director for Governance and Peacebuilding at the Regional Service Centre for Africa in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and Director for Conflict Prevention and Recovery at the Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery at UNDP Headquarters in New York.He also served with UNDP in Kenya and Ghana in various senior capacities, it was learned.