UNEP: New Deputy Executive Director

Amina Mohamed has been newly appointed by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to fill the vacancy in Nairobi due to Angela Cropper's departure. From 2000-2006, Ms. Mohamed was the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Kenya to the UN in Geneva.Since 2008, she has been the Permanent Secretary and Chief Executive Officer of the Ministry of Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs of the Republic of Kenya.