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Chilean Ex-president to Head UN Women’s Agency

Posted on 16. Sep, 2010 by in Headlines, Politics, World


Chilean Ex-president to Head UN Women’s Agency – Chile’s former President Michelle Bachelet will head the United Nation’s new agency for promoting women’s equality. Un Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said that Bachelet would head UN women.

Michelle Bachelet stepped down as Chile’s president in March this year.
According to Ban Ki-moon, Bachelet would bring global leadership and stature to the job. He wanted the new agency to be a ‘powerful’, dynamic and effective entity. He also showed his confidence that under Bachelet’s strong leadership; they can improve the lives of millions of women and girls across the world.

The agency for promoting women’s equality was formed in July of four existing UN bodies dealing with the advancement and welfare of women.

Since the UN chief took the office in 2007, he said that creating UN Women had been his top priorities.

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