UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed his gratitude and appreciation to Egypt’s Mourad Wahba for his commitment as interim Assistant Director and for his 30 years of service at the UN. The acknowledgement came as Guterres announced the appointment of India’s Usha Rao-Monari as Under-Secretary-General and Associate Administrator of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). Monari will succeed Wahba as Associate Administrator of the UNDP. Wahba has been the Acting Associate Administrator since May 2019. According to the organization’s statement, Usha Rao-Monari is an investment expert with nearly 30 years of investment experience, mainly in the field of infrastructure.

Source: Egypt Independent February 18, 2021 11:15 UTC