By Prensa Latina,
United Nations : UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, named Mexican Alicia Barcena as new Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America CEPAL, according to an official report disclosed Tuesday.
Barcena, who was Head of UN Department of Management, replaces Argentine economist Jose Luis Machinea.
With a long political, diplomatic and academic career, CEPAL new Executive Secretary acted as under-secretary of that regional organism for several years and was former chief of staff of former Secretary-General Kofi Annan.