SG Appoints Roberto Valent of Italy as UN Resident Coordinator in Argentina
The UN Secretary-General has appointed Roberto Valent of Italy as the UN Resident Coordinator in the Republic of Argentina, with the host government’s approval.
Mr. Valent brings 24 years of service to the United Nations, with the UN Development Programme (UNDP) in Africa, Central America, Eastern Europe and the Middle East. For the past four years he has served as Special Representative of the UNDP Administrator for the Programme of Assistance to the Palestinian People. He has also served as UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative in El Salvador and Belize (2010–2015), holding leadership positions with UNDP in the Democratic Republic of Congo (2005-2007) and in Sudan (2002-2005). Mr. Valent also held UNDP positions in Albania, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Comoros, Kosovo and Macedonia.
Born in 1965, he holds a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in political science from Bologna University, Italy, and another master´s degree in International Relations from the University of Sussex.