BIO/3205
PI/1091

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS THELMA O'CON-SOLORZANO AS DIRECTOR OF UN INFORMATION CENTRE IN TOKYO

Ms. O'Con-Solorzano joined the United Nations in 1968. Prior to her latest appointment in Tokyo, she served as Director of the United Nations Information Centre in Mexico (1994-1998); United Nations Representative and Resident Coordinator in Armenia (1992-1994); and United Nations Information Centre Director in Australia (1987-1992), Argentina (1980-1987), El Salvador (1976-1977) and Colombia (1974-1976).

From 1976 to 1980, Ms. O'Con-Solorzano served as a Political Officer in the Office of the Under-Secretary-General for Special Political Affairs at United Nations Headquarters. She was also an Information Officer in the Non-Governmental Organization Section of the Department of Public Information in 1974, and a Protocol and Liaison Officer in the Executive Office of the Secretary-General from 1968 to 1974.

From 1966 to 1967, Ms. O'Con-Solorzano served with the Permanent Mission of Nicaragua to the United Nations.

Ms. O'Con-Solorzano has a Masters degree from New York University. She has studied at the Institute of Political Sciences in Paris, the University of Pittsburgh, El Colegio de M�xico and the Universidad Femenina de M�xico. During her tenure in Mexico City, she taught international relations at the Universidad del Valle de M�xico.

Ms. O'Con-Solorzano is Nicaraguan and has a son.

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