Tadesse Werede Tesfay
Lieutenant General Tadesse Werede Tesfay | |
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Commander, United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei | |
Assumed office 27 July 2011 | |
Nominated by | Ban Ki-moon |
Head of the Joint Training Department, Ethiopian National Defense Force | |
Army Corps Commander, Ethiopian National Defense Force | |
Personal details | |
Born |
Ethiopia | July 13, 1958
Nationality |
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Lieutenant General Tadesse Werede Tesfay is Head of Mission and Force Commander of the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA). He was appointed by the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to implement the mandate of the UN peacekeeping mission in the region of Abyei in Sudan, an oil-producing region with disputable borders between the governments of Sudan and South Sudan.[1]
UNISFA was established by the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1990 of 27 June 2011.[2] Lieutenant General Tadesse Werede Tesfay will oversee the monitoring and verification of the withdrawal of all armed forces in Abyei.[3]
Lieutenant General Tesfay was born in Mekelle, a city in Enderta province of Ethiopia, he is a veteran in the Ethiopian National Defense Force and has held various high-ranking positions there.
References
External links
- UNISFA website
- United Nations Press Release announcing appointment
- "Sudan: UN authorises peacekeepers for Abyei". BBC News website, 27 June 2011