United Nations

 NEW YORK, 7 September (UN Headquarters) -- The Secretary-General has appointed Assistant Secretary-General Federico Riesco as Coordinator for Multilingualism.  The appointment is in implementation of General Assembly resolution 54/64 of 6 December 1999, by which the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to appoint a senior Secretariat official as coordinator of questions relating to multilingualism throughout the Secretariat.

  A native of Chile and a career international servant, Mr. Riesco joined the United Nations in 1966 and rose through the ranks to his current position as Deputy to the Under-Secretary-General for General Assembly Affairs and Conference Services.  His new functions are in addition to his current responsibilities in the Department.