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People in the headlines
Ms. Hania Zlotnik has been appointed the new Director of the United
Nations Population Division, effective 1 February, following the
retirement of Mr. Joseph Chamie at the end of 2004. A native of
Mexico, she received her PhD from Princeton University (statistics
and demography). For over 22 years she has been a United Nations
staff member, serving as Chief of two different sections of the
Population Division and, most recently, as Chief of the Demographic
Analysis Branch. An internationally recognized expert on migration,
she is also the Vice-President of the International Union for the
Scientific Study of Population.
Mr. Paul Cheung, formerly the National Statistical Coordinator for
Singapore and Chief Statistician of the Department of Statistics,
has been appointed the Director of the Statistics Division at United
Nations Headquarters. Mrs. Leow Bee Geok has been appointed Acting
Chief Statistician for Singapore following Mr. Cheung’s departure.
Dr. Peter Piot, head of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
(UNAIDS), was recently reappointed for another four years to continue
the battle against the global pandemic. Co-sponsors of UNAIDS are
ILO, UNICEF, UNODC, UNDP, UNFPA, UNESCO, UNHCR, WFP, WHO and the
World Bank.
Mr. Peter J. Donaldson was appointed President of the Population
Council in January. He succeeds Ms. Linda Martin whom he had replaced
on a temporary basis in July. He is well known in Asia, having worked
for years in Thailand and the Republic of Korea. In addition to
membership in many professional associations, he remains a member
of the advisory committee of the Institute of Population and Social
Research, Mahidol University, Bangkok.
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