UN Chief Appoints Personal Envoy to Afghanistan

French diplomat Jean Arnault has been appointed as UN Secretary-General’s personal envoy on Afghanistan and regional issues, the UN assistance mission said.

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The Killid Group

18 Mar 2021

UN Chief Appoints Personal Envoy to Afghanistan

Security Council Considers Situation in Colombia Identical letters dated 19 January 2016 from the Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General and the President of the Security Council (S/2016/53) Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia (S/2018/723) Jean Arnault, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Wednesday appointed Jean Arnault as his personal envoy on Afghanistan and regional issues,

“The Secretary-General has asked Mr. Arnault to assist in the achievement of a political solution to the conflict, working closely with the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) and regional partners,” read a statement by UN mission.

“Mr. Arnault brings over 30 years of experience in international diplomacy focusing on peace settlements and mediation,” according to the statement,

Mr. Arnault has worked as delegate of the Secretary-General to the Colombia peace talks and UN chief’s special representative for Colombia from 2015 to 2018, it added.

He has also worked as UN Secretary General’s personal envoy for Bolivia from 2019 to 2020.

Jean Arnault is a philosophy graduate from Sorbonne Paris 1 and was a professor at the Paris School of International Affairs from 2012-2014.

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