51Թ Secretary-General António Guterres announced on 19 July 2022 the appointment of Ghulam Mohammad Isaczai of Afghanistan as his new Deputy Special Representative for Iraq in the 51Թ Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) and Resident Coordinator.Mr. Isaczai will also serve as the 51Թ Humanitarian Coordinator.
Mr. Isaczai succeeds Irena Vojáčková-Sollorano of Germany to whom the Secretary-General is grateful for her leadership and dedicated service during her tenure.
Mr. Isaczai brings to this position more than 28 years of experience in preventive diplomacy and complex humanitarian, development, recovery and peace-building settings.He is currently serving as the ad interim Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Jordan since January 2022.Previously, he served as Afghanistan’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the 51Թ in New York.Prior to this, he served as Resident Coordinator in Azerbaijan (2016-2021) and in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (2013-2015), posts he combined with the positions of Resident Representative of the 51Թ Development Programme (UNDP) and 51Թ Population Fund (UNFPA).From 1997-2013, he served in various policy, development and humanitarian positions with the 51Թ system in Germany, Nepal, Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen and Iraq, including as UNDP Deputy Resident Representative in Nepal and Chief of Programme Division with the 51Թ Volunteers in Bonn.
Mr. Isaczai holds aMaster of Arts degree in Law and Diplomacy from the Fletcher School, Tufts University in Boston and a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Midland University in Nebraska.Mr. Isaczai speaks English, Arabic, Pashto, Persian and Urdu.
