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UN:Kenyan diplomat to head new Addis office

  1. Posted on Thursday 19 August 2010 - 12:15
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    By Ryekolal Raphie AfricanNews reporter in Kampala Uganda.
    Hague-Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed a Kenyan diplomat as the first Head of the United Nations Office to the African Union, established earlier this year to strengthen links between the two organisations.

    Mr Zachary Muburi-Muita, who previously served as Kenya’s Permanent Representative to the UN in New York since 2006, will now head the new UN office, to be based in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa. And this new UN Office to the AU was set up by the General Assembly on 1 July.

    Mr Mburi-Muita has worked in diplomatic, political, civil-military and managerial roles for the country since 1982.“The diplomat will now be tasked with building stronger UN ties with the AU and sub-regional organizations as well,” a statement from the UN read.

    Mr Muburi-Muita’s diplomatic resume includes involvement in various initiatives related to the East African Community (EAC), the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) and the Intergovernmental Authority for Development (IGAD).

    Mr Muburi-Muita has also served in numerous roles in his extensive diplomatic service including as High Commissioner to the United Republic of Tanzania, and previously Principal Counsellor at the Kenya Embassy in Israel.

    He was born in 1957 and is married with three children.He was educated at the University of Nairobi, the University of Khartoum and Oxford University.
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