{"id":201399,"date":"2014-12-31T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T18:09:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=201399"},"modified":"2019-03-12T18:09:58","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T18:09:58","slug":"auto-insert-201399","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-201399\/","title":{"rendered":"Secretary-General names Sandra Mitchell as Deputy Commissoner-General of UNRWA &#8211; SG Spokesperson&#8217;s noon briefing (excerpts)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<hr height=\"7px\" \/>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;color:#000000;padding-bottom:10px;text-align:center;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>HIGHLIGHTS OF UN ACTIVITIES<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;padding-bottom:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong><br \/>\nWEDNESDAY, 31 DECEMBER 2014<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\/&#8230;<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>&nbsp;SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS DEPUTY COMMISSIONER-GENERAL OF UNRWA<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-left:-20px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<li style=\"text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">The Secretary-General has appointed Sandra Mitchell of the United States as Deputy Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unrwa.org\/\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><u>UNRWA<\/u><\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">) at the level of Assistant Secretary-General.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">Ms. Mitchell succeeds Margot Ellis of the United States, to whom the Secretary-General and UNRWA&#8217;s Commissioner-General are grateful for her dedicated service to the Palestine refugees over the past five years.<\/li>\n<li style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">Currently Vice-President of International Programs of the International Rescue Committee, Ms. Mitchell brings to the position nearly 20 years of experience in international peacekeeping, human rights, humanitarian and electoral field missions, including seven years with the United Nations notably in senior management roles at UNRWA from 2011 to 2013 as Director of Operations, Jordan and Chief of Staff.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5.5px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\/&#8230;<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HIGHLIGHTS OF UN ACTIVITIES WEDNESDAY, 31 DECEMBER 2014 \/&#8230; &nbsp;SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS DEPUTY COMMISSIONER-GENERAL OF UNRWA The Secretary-General has appointed Sandra Mitchell of the United States as Deputy Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) at the level of Assistant Secretary-General. 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