Turkmen new head of UNRWA.

• Position: Ilter Turkmen; United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East

Ilter Turkmen on 4 March assumed his post as Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). He succeeds Giorgio Giacomelli of Italy who has been appointed Executive Director of the UN International Drug Control Programme.

Mr. Turkmen, a former Foreign Minister of Turkey, most recently had been his country's Ambassador to France. He had also represented Turkey at the UN in New York (1975-1978 and 1985-1988) and in Geneva (1983-1985). From 1979 to 1980, he served as Special Representative of the Secretary-General...