Major General Jai Shanker Menon

Major General Jai Shanker Menon

Question: Recently who has been appointed as the Head of Mission and Force Commander of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) by United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon?

(a) Major General Shiv Shanker Menon
(b) Major General Jai Shanker Menon
(c) General Dalbir Suhag
(d) Major General Arjun Singh

Ans (b)

Related facts:

  • On 2 February 2016, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appointed Major General Jai Shanker Menon of India as the Head of Mission and Force Commander of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF).
  • Major General Menon will succeed Lieutenant General Purna Chandra Thapa of Nepal, who will complete his assignment on 7 February.

Reference:

http://www.un.org/press/en/2016/sga1633.doc.htm