UN Secretary General Ban-Ki Moon has appointed Akhtar as the executive secretary of UNESCAP.
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UN spokesperson's account tweeted that UN Secretary General Ban-Ki Moon had appointed Akhtar as the executive secretary of UNESCAP.
#UNSG appoints Shamshad Akhtar of Pakistan as Executive Secretary of @UNESCAP
— UN Spokesperson (@UN_Spokesperson) December 10, 2013
Earlier, she was appointed as Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development at DESA and took office on July 9, 2012.
Akhtar was the first female governor of the SBP. She served as the governor SBP for three years from January 2, 2006 to January 1, 2009.
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