New UNICEF representative in Bangladesh assumes office

DHAKA, Dec. 11 (NsNewsWire) — Edouard Beigbeder has assumed his duties as the new United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) representative in Bangladesh.
As a development and emergency specialist, he has over 20 years of experience of working to further children’s and women’s rights around the world, said the UN agency in a statement on Wednesday.
As the new UNICEF representative, Beigbeder presented his credentials to Bangladeshi Minister of Foreign Affairs Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali at his office in Dhaka while reaffirming UNICEF’s continued support to the Bangladeshi government, reports Xinhua.
Beigbeder was UNICEF’s representative in Haiti from June 2012 to November 2014 where he was responsible for UNICEF’s strategic direction in the country.
Before that, Beigbeder was responsible for the management of UNICEF’s 13 field offices in India from 2009 to 2012. Following the tsunami in 2004, he coordinated and implemented UNICEF’s programs as chief of field office in Aceh and Nias, Indonesia. Enditem