SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS BEHROOZ SADRY OF IRAN DEPUTY SPECIAL
REPRESENTATIVE FOR DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
The Secretary-General has appointed Behrooz Sadry as Deputy Special Representative for the Democratic Republic of the Congo.� Mr. Sadry has a distinguished career with the United Nations, and has most recently served as the Secretary-General’s Deputy Special Representative for Sierra Leone.� He assumed his functions in Kinshasa on 17 February.
Prior to his appointment in Sierra Leone, he was Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Angola from November 1997 to July 1998.� Between August 1996 and July 1998, Mr. Sadry served as Senior Advisor in the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO), prior to which he was Assistant Secretary-General for Management and Coordination in the United Nations Peace Forces in the former Yugoslavia from August 1995.
From January to December 1994, Mr. Sadry served as the Secretary-General’s Deputy Special Representative for Mozambique, and held the same position in Cambodia from March 1992 to October 1993.� Prior to that, he was Director of the Field Operations Division (1987-1992), and Director of Personnel Administration at United Nations Headquarters in New York (1983-1987).
Born in Tehran, Iran on 11 February 1936, Mr. Sadry joined the United Nations in 1957 after the completion of his studies in France.� His wide experience in peacekeeping began with service in the United Nations Congo operation between 1960 and 1962.
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