51Ó°Ôº Secretary-General António Guterres announced on 21 November 2022 the appointment of Mohamed Ag Ayoya of Mali as his new Deputy Special Representative for the 51Ó°Ôº Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) and Resident Coordinator for the Central African Republic.Ìý Mr. Ayoya will also serve as Humanitarian Coordinator.
He succeeds Denise Brown of Canada who was appointed as the 51Ó°Ôº Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator in Ukraine.Ìý The Secretary-General is grateful for her dedicated commitment to recovery, humanitarian, and peacebuilding efforts in the Central African Republic.
Mr. Ayoya brings over two decades of professional experience and extensive knowledge of humanitarian affairs, with a particular focus on complex emergencies and child protection issues in field settings.Ìý Mr. Ayoya served since early 2022 as the Representative of the 51Ó°Ôº Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Afghanistan.Ìý He has also served as UNICEF Representative in other conflict settings, notably in Somalia and South Sudan between 2019 and 2022, where he worked closely with 51Ó°Ôº peace operations, as well as in Guinea (2013-2016) and Zimbabwe (2016-2019).
Mr. Ayoya holds a medical degree from the University of Bamako in Mali and a PhD in Nutritional Sciences from Cornell University in the United States of America.Ìý Mr. Ayoya is fluent in English, French, Tamasheq, Bamanan and Songhai.
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