Sunday 24 December 2017

UN appoints Henrietta Fore as UNICEF head

UN appoints Henrietta Fore as UNICEF head


UN chief Antonio Guterres has appointed former senior US government official Henrietta H Fore as the new executive director of UNICEF,

Fore has worked on economic development, education and health, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief for the most vulnerable in the international and developing world.

She was the first woman to be appointed Administrator of the US Agency for International Development and Director of US Foreign Assistance in the Department of State, she held these positions between 2006 and 2009.


From 1989 to 1993, she was working as the USAID Assistant Administrator for Asia and for Private Enterprise.

Currently CEO of Holsman International, a manufacturing and investment company, Fore also served as Undersecretary of State for Management, the Chief Operating Officer for the United States Department of State.

The United Nations Childrens' Fund (UNICEF )  is a United Nations (UN) program headquartered in New York City that provides humanitarian and developmental assistance to children and mothers in developing countries. It is a member of the United Nations Development Group.

Established     11 December 1946
Type     Fund
Legal status     Active
Headquarters     New York City, Geneva
Executive Director
    Anthony Lake
Parent organization
    United Nations
Affiliations     United Nations

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