UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 9 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday appointed Tom Fletcher of the United Kingdom as the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).

Fletcher succeeds Martin Griffiths of the United Kingdom, who served as the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator between July 2021 and June 2024.

Joyce Msuya, Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, will continue to serve as Acting Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator until Fletcher assumes his position, according to a statement issued by the United Nations.

Fletcher, who is currently the Principal of Hertford College, Oxford, and Vice Chair of Oxford University's Conference of Colleges, has strong experience of leading and transforming organizations and bringing an understanding of diplomacy at the highest levels, the statement said.

He previously served as Global Strategy Director, Global Business Coalition for Education (2015-2019), and led work for former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on refugee education. He served as the United Kingdom's Ambassador to Lebanon from 2011 to 2015. Enditem

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