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UNIS/BIO/1278
22 July 2020
(Based on information provided by the Protocol and Liaison Service)
VIENNA, 22 July (UN Information Service) - The new Permanent Representative of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to the United Nations (Vienna), Renate Held, presented her credentials today to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV), Ghada Waly.
During her career, Ms. Held has served in various capacities, among them:
Director for Migration Management, IOM Headquarters, Geneva (2016-2020); Regional Director at the IOM Regional Office for South-Eastern Europe, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Vienna (2011-2016); Regional Representative, IOM Mission with regional functions for the Andean States, Lima (2010-2011); Inspector General, responsible for oversight, project rapid assessment, audit, evaluation and investigation at the IOM Headquarters, Geneva (2000-2009); Regional Representative, IOM Mission with regional functions for the EU Member States and the Baltic States, Brussels (1998-1999); and various functions in the IOM Bonn field mission in Germany and participation in IOM operations in Turkey, Northern Iraq, Tanzania, Mozambique and Bosnia and Herzegovina (1987-1998).
Ms. Held holds a Master's degree in Social Science from Rheinische Friedrich Wilhelms University, Bonn and a Diploma in Business Administration from the Commercial College of Siegburg, Germany.
She speaks English, French, German and Spanish.
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