According to a statement by the United Nations Secretary, Egyptian Minister of Social Solidarity, Ghada Wali, has been appointed as the director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) on Tuesday. The minister was also appointed as the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV), succeeding Yury Fedotov. On the occasion, Egypt’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs welcomed the appoointment and stressed the Minister’s qualifications for it in a press statement. “Egypt is keen on contributing to supporting the United Nations system and enhancing multilateral cooperation, whether through Egyptian nationals holding positions in the United Nations or its missions to the Organization and its specialized agencies, thus fostering the implementation of the UN Charter principles and goals,” the statement reads. During her years of service under Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly, Wali, one of eight women serving in the cabinet as ministers, implemented a number of significant policy changes and oversaw multiple campaigns to tackle contemporary social obstacles. In July, the Ministry of Social Solidarity launched the initiative ‘Decent Life’ in collaboration with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi; it aimed to help 32 million people living in…
Egyptian Minister of Social Solidarity Appointed Director of UN Office on Drugs and Crime
November 22, 2019
