The United Nations Development Programme is pleased to announce the arrival of its new Resident Representative and UN Resident Coordinator, Ms. Costanza Farina.

Ms. Farina comes to Libya from Geneva, where she held the position of Secretary of the Council of the UNESCO International Bureau for Education (IBE.) She began her 25 year-long career with the United Nations as a Junior Professional Officer working for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Sana?a, Yemen.

Since then, she has gained experience with a number of UN organisations, including the International Labour Organisation (ILO), the United Nations Children?s Fund (UNICEF), the Programme of Assistance to the Palestinian People (PAPP) and the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).

From 1998-2006 she worked in Ramallah, first as the coordinator for ILO, and then as Director of the UNESCO Ramallah Office. She describes the latter experience as one of the most ?rewarding? episodes of her career to date.

Ms. Farina holds the distinction, not only of a prestigious and varied career, but also of being the first UN woman Resident Coordinator in Libya.
She will be joined in Libya by her husband and two sons.