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UN
announces new agency for women
Wednesday, September 15, 2010 07:57:02 AM,
EFE
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United
Nations: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Tuesday
announced a new agency - c - headed by former Chilean
president Michelle Bachelet, to oversee all programmes aimed at
promoting equality for women.
"Ms. Bachelet brings to this critical position a history of
dynamic global leadership, highly honed political skills and
uncommon ability to create consensus and focus among UN agencies
and many partners in both the public and private sector," Ban said
at the UN headquarters in New York.
"I'm confident that under her strong leadership, we can improve
the lives of millions of women and girls throughout the world,"
Ban said of Chile's first female head of state.
He said the creation of UN Women is the fruit of four years of
effort to achieve one of his priorities as secretary-general.
The process to select the head of UN Women began shortly after the
General Assembly approved the plan for the new agency in July 2009
and a 26-member selection committee proposed three candidates.
Ban chose Bachelet, who the committee unanimously endorsed, he
said.
UN Women, set to become operational in January 2011, will merge
the UN Development Fund for Women, the Division for the
Advancement of Women, the Office of the Special Adviser on Gender
Issues, and the UN International Research and Training Institute
for the Advancement of Women.
The agency's status will be comparable to that of Unicef and
Bachelet will hold the rank of deputy secretary-general.
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