Secretary-General appoints Lisa Filipetto of Australia as Head of the United Nations Support Office in Somalia (UNSOS)

8 Feb 2018

Secretary-General appoints Lisa Filipetto of Australia as Head of the United Nations Support Office in Somalia (UNSOS)

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today announced the appointment of Lisa Filipetto of Australia as Head of the United Nations Support Office in Somalia (UNSOS). Ms. Filipetto will succeed Hubert Hudson Price II of the United States to whom the Secretary-General expresses his gratitude for his dedication and effective leadership of UNSOS.

Ms. Filipetto brings to this position more than 30 years of experience within the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade where she served in a variety of posts at headquarters, including as Assistant Secretary, European Union and Western Europe Branch (2015-2017), Assistant Secretary, Services and Intellectual Property Branch, Office of Trade Negotiations (2002-2004) and Assistant Secretary, Mainland South East Asia and South Asia Branch (2001-2002).

Ms. Filipetto also has extensive experience overseas, having served as Australia's resident Ambassador to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, with concurrent responsibility for Australia's relations with the African Union, Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) and Djibouti (2010-2014). She further served as Australian High Commissioner to Kenya and Ambassador to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and UN Habitat as well as non-resident accreditation High Commissioner to Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda and Ambassador to the African Union, Burundi and Djibouti (2007-2010). She also served as Ambassador to Cambodia (2004-2010), Consul-General, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (1997-2001), as well as in Ireland (1991-1994) and Brunei Darussalam (1986-88).

Ms. Filipetto holds a Master of Arts in International Relations from Deakin University in Australia, as well as Bachelor of Economics and Bachelor of Arts in Asian Studies degrees from the Australian National University. She is also a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

New York, 8 February 2018

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