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The United Nations force in the Central African Republic, the Minusca must change boss by the end of the month, and the head of the UN has already presented to the Security Council his candidate, the Rwandan Valentine Rugwabiza should succeed the Senegalese Mankeur Ndiaye, who had been in office since 2019. None of the five permanent members of the Security Council, who can influence the proposals of the Secretary-General, see any problem with it.
with our correspondent in New York, Carrie Nooten
The P5 having indicated to Jean-Pierre Lacroix to approve the candidacy of Valentine Rugwabiza as representative of the secretary general in the Central African Republic, this should be confirmed very quickly by the UN.
Ambassador of Rwanda at the New York headquarters of the United Nations since 2016, it is a long-term diplomat that Antonio Guterres has chosen. Although she began her career in business, she was appointed in 2002 as Rwanda’s representative to the UN office in Geneva ; then from 2005 to 2013, she was Deputy Director General of the World Trade Organization, before taking up ministerial-level positions in Kigali. And to represent his country three years later in New York.
An important security partner of the Central African Republic, Rwanda has been the first contributor of troops to Minusca since the year with 1,700 blue helmets out of just under 12,000 – Rwandan soldiers have also been deployed to Bangui at the bilateral level to enforce the of 2019.
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Finally, the Rwandan president is reputed to be attached to African solutions for African problems, which Valentine Rugwabiza perfectly embodies.
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