Ques: Recently United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Tamar Hahn as Director of the United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) in Buenos Aires. She belongs to which of the following country?
(a) Israel
(b) United Kingdom
(c) America
(d) Saudi Arabia
Ans (a)
Related facts:
- On 10 February 2016 United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Tamar Hahn of Israel Director of the United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) in Buenos Aires.
- TheUnited Nations Information Centre (UNIC, also known as information services or information offices) is any office around the world which serves as regional couriers of information from the United Nations to the local public.
- She assumes her duties on 10 February 2016.
- Prior to this appointment, Ms. Hahn was the Regional Adviser for Resource Mobilization and Partnerships at the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean in Panama City, Panama, since 2013.
- Between 2008 and 2013, Ms. Hahn served as the Regional Communication Specialist for Latin America and the Caribbean for the Regional Office of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Panama City.
- From 2006 to 2008, she was a UNICEF Communications Officer based in Geneva, and from 2004 to 2006, she served as an Assistant Editor based in New York.
- Hahn holds a master’s degree in journalism and Latin American studies from New York University, and a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Tel Aviv in Israel.