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Sukehiro
Hasegawa Appointed As Head of un Office in TIMOR-LESTE
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has appointed Sukehiro
Hasegawa (Japan) as Head of the United Nations Office in Timor-Leste,
UNOTI L, established by resolution 1599 (2005) adopted by the Security
Council on 28 April 2005. The appointment is with effect from 21
May 2005, when the mandate of UNOTIL entered into force. Mr. Hasegawa
thus continues to serve as Special Representative of the Secretary-General
for Timor-Leste, having succeeded Kamalesh Sharma (India) as Head
of the United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor (UNMISET)
on 21 May 2004.
Mr.
Hasegawa has served with the United Nations since 1969. He has since
held several senior positions within the United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) and United
Nations
peacekeeping operations, including Deputy Resident Representative
of UNDP in Nepal, from 1978 to 1980, and in Indonesia, from 1980
to 1984. He later served as UNDP Resident Representative and Resident
Coordinator of the United Nations operational activities for development
in Samoa, the Cook Islands, Niue and Tokelau. In 1993, Mr. Hasegawa
managed the United Nations Volunteer electoral supervisors assigned
to plan and administer general elections in Cambodia. In April 1994,
he was appointed Director of Policy and Planning of the United Nations
peacekeeping operation in Somalia, and in January 1995, he became
the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Rwanda.
He subsequently served as the Deputy Assistant Administrator and
Deputy Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific at UNDP in New
York.
Mr.
Hasegawa has been serving as the United Nations Resident Coordinator
for Timor-Leste since July 2002, and previously served as Deputy
Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Timor-Leste
and Deputy Head of UNMISET from 1 July 2002 to 20 May 2004.
Mr.
Hasegawa holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from
the University of Michigan, a Master of Arts degree in public administration
from the InternationalChristianUniversity of Tokyo, and a Ph.D.
in
international relations from WashingtonUniversity in St. Louis,
Missouri.
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