UN Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed Rabab Fatima of Bangladesh as his new Special Representative for Afghanistan and head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), the UN announced on Wednesday. Afghanistannews
Fatima succeeds Roza Otunbayeva of Kyrgyzstan, who has led the UN mission in Afghanistan since 2022. Guterres thanked Otunbayeva for her service and also expressed appreciation to Georgette Gagnon of Canada, UNAMA’s deputy special representative, who has been serving as the mission’s acting head.
