Antonio Aranibar of Bolivia has been appointed by United Nations Secretary-Normal António Guterres because the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Equatorial Guinea, efficient March 16, 2025, with the host Authorities’s approval. Aranibar takes over from Anna M. Pont, who, from 2022 to 2024, led the UN’s program to implement the UN’s Sustainable Improvement Objectives in Equatorial Guinea.
With over 20 years of expertise in sustainable improvement, governance, and peacebuilding, Aranibar beforehand served in numerous roles. Most lately he was the UN Particular Advisor in Venezuela (till 2024) and between 2016 and 2018 he was Head of Workplace for the UN Verification Mission in Colombia, the place he was concerned within the peace course of between the Colombian authorities and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). He has additionally labored as a researcher and director for initiatives specializing in battle prevention, dialogue promotion, and institutional reform in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Aranibar holds a grasp’s diploma in econometrics from the Autonomous College of Madrid and a bachelor’s diploma in financial improvement from the College of Paris IX-Dauphine.
The Resident Coordinator is the highest-ranking UN consultant on the nation degree, reporting on to the UN Secretary Normal. Resident Coordinators lead UN Nation Groups and coordinate UN help to nations in implementing the 2030 Agenda. They signify the UN to interact with governments, civil society, and different companions to deal with the nation’s wants and priorities to attain the Sustainable Improvement Objectives, whereas additionally selling UN values, coordinating operational actions, and managing the native UN staff.
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