Wednesday, August 1, 2007

Singaporean woman heads UN body

A SINGAPOREAN woman has been appointed head of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (Escap), a United Nations commission.

"Singapore had strongy supported her candidacy and we have every confidence in her leadership," said Foreign Minister George Yeo on Ms Noeleen Heyzer's new role as Escap's executive secretary, according to a ministry statement.

Ms Heyzer, currently the executive director of the UN Development Fund fo Women (Unifem), was described by the minister's press secretary as "highly regarded globally for her success in enhancing Unifem's performance and her role in advancing women's rights".

With her new appointment, she has now "become the first Singaporean woman in the UN system to hold the rank of under-secretary-general", added the secretary.

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