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Ban Appoints Karin Landgren A New UN Envoy To Burundi
UN News Service, UN.org
December 31, 2010: Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today has named Karin Landgren serving as the Chief of UN Mission in Nepal as a new envoy to Burundi, where she will head the scaled-down United Nations operation assigned to help the Central African nation consolidate peace and development. Ms. Landgren will succeed Charles Petrie as the Secretary-General’s Special Representative and head of the UN Office in Burundi (BNUB).
The new office has an initial 12-month mandate, beginning tomorrow, to support the Government in strengthening the independence, capacities and legal frameworks of key national institutions particularly the judiciary and parliament; promoting dialogue between national actors; fighting impunity and protecting human rights.
Ms. Landgren currently the Secretary-General’s Representative and Head of the UN Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) has many years of political and development experience with the UN as well as in academia. The UNMIN is winding down on January 15, 2011.
Talking to the reporters in Kathmandu today, Ms. Landgren has stated that the UN will continue its long-standing support for sustainable peace in Nepal after UNMIN’s departure. She has reiterated the Secretary-General’s call for all parties in the country to break the political deadlock that has hampered the peace process in Nepal.
