UN Chief appoints Japanese, Bangladesh, Kenyan deputies

UN Chief Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday named Japanese, Bangladesh and Kenyan officials to key positions in the team for his second five-year-term.

Ban appointed Yukio Takasu, a former Japanese ambassador to the United Nations and United States, as under-secretary for management. Takasu will take a leading role in efforts to trim the UN budget and reform the global body's management. Ameerah Haq of Bangladesh was named under secretary general for the Department of Field Support which helps to find peacekeepers and equip them. AFP