UNICEF chief Henrietta Fore resigns
The Hindu
‘Fully understand her decision to devote herself to a family health issue’, says UN Secretary-General.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has accepted the resignation of Henrietta Fore as executive director of UNICEF with deep regret, praising her “inspiring leadership” as head of the UN children's agency. U.N. deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said on Tuesday, July 12, 2021, that Mr. Guterres “fully understands” Ms. Fore's decision “to devote herself to a family health issue.” She is married and has four children. Ms. Fore, an American public health and international development executive who was the first woman to head the U.S. Agency for International Development took up the leadership of UNICEF on Jan. 1, 2018.
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