The departing United Nations Resident Coordinator Ms. Ruby Sandhu-Rojon,
Ms. Ruby Sandhu-Rojon, the United Nations Resident Coordinator, departs Ghana on March 12 to take up her new assignment as Deputy Assistant Administrator and Deputy Regional Director, Regional Bureau for Africa in New York.
Until her new appointment, Ms Sandhu-Rojon had been serving in Ghana as the UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative since 2010.
As Resident Coordinator, she had been ensuring the effective positioning of the UN System through a proactive engagement at the highest levels of government with development partners, NGOs and think tanks.
A statement issued by Ms Cythia Prah, National Information Officer of the UN Information Centre, Accra, and copied to the Ghana News Agency on Monday, said prior to this, Ms Sandhu-Rojon had served as UNDP Country Director, Burkina Faso (2007-2010); Chief of the Africa Section, UN Volunteers, Germany (2004-2006).
She also served as Senior Evaluation Adviser, Evaluation Office, UNDP (2002-2004); UNDP Deputy Resident Representative, Madagascar (1999-2002); Special Assistant to the Administrator, Office of the Administrator, UNDP, New York (1997-1999); Programme Officer Africa Section, The United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), New York (1995-1997) and Regional Officer for West, Central and North Africa, UNIFEM, Senegal (1987-1995).
“Ms. Sandhu-Rojon is from the United States of America and holds an MSC in Russian Politics from the London School of Economics, and a BA in Political Science specializing in International Economics and Politics from Bryn Mawr College, USA.
She will take up her new assignment on 17 March 2014,” the statement said.
Source: GNA
