Assistant Secretary-General of UNEP - Satya S. Tripathi
August 29 , 2018 2205 days 755 0
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced the appointment of Satya S. Tripathi of India as Assistant Secretary-General and Head of the New York Office of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
He will succeed Elliott Harris of Trinidad and Tobago. Tripathi becomes the 3rd Indian to be appointed at the senior levels of UN.
Tripathi has since 2017 served as Senior Adviser on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at UNEP.
Previously, he was the Director and Executive Head of the United Nations Office for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries (REDD).
Atul Khare, the Under-Secretary-General who heads the Department of Operational Services, is the senior-most Indian at the UN.