（Photo by: Newton Kanhema, UNIC in Kenya)
Beijing,
16 December, 2020 – United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has
appointed Siddharth Chatterjee of India as the United Nations Resident
Coordinator in China, with the host Government’s approval. Mr. Chatterjee
will arrive in Beijing before the end of January 2021 and will assume the
function shortly after his presenting of credentials to the government.
Mr. Chatterjee has more than 25 years of experience in
international cooperation, sustainable development, humanitarian coordination
and peace and security, which he has acquired at the United Nations and
externally. Most recently, he served as United Nations Resident Coordinator in
Kenya after holding other leadership positions across the Organization,
including Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Programme
(UNDP) and Representative of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in
Kenya, Regional Director for the Middle East and Europe for the United Nations
Office for Project Services (UNOPS) in Denmark and Chief of Staff in the United
Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI). He also held leadership positions
with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Indonesia, Somalia, South
Sudan and Sudan and in United Nations peacekeeping operations with the United
Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (UNMIBH).
Mr. Chatterjee also served in the Red Cross Movement
(IFRC) as the Chief Diplomat and Head of Resource Mobilization in Switzerland
and before joining the United Nations in 1997, he was a commissioned officer in
the Indian Army. A TEDx speaker, he is a regular opinion contributor on
humanitarian and development issues for a range of local, regional and
international media outlets and journals.
Mr. Chatterjee
holds a master’s degree in public policy from Princeton University in the United
States of America and a bachelor’s degree from the National Defence Academy in
India.
For further
information, please contact:
Ms. Louise Xi
LI, Head of Communications, UN Resident Coordinator’s Office in China
Tel:
+8610-85320725, Email: xi.li@one.un.org
