Andrés Franco (UNICEF)

Andrés Franco
President of UNICEF
In office
2002–2002
Preceded byMovses Abelian
Succeeded byJenö Staehelin
Personal details
NationalityColombian

Andrés Franco is a Colombian diplomat and UNICEF official. He was President of the UNICEF Executive Board, the governing body of UNICEF at the international level, in 2002.[1][2] He has served as Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations (New York) of Colombia.[3]

He has also been UNICEF's representative (head) in Argentina and in Peru. He currently serves as UNICEF Global Deputy Director of Private Sector, based in Geneva Switzerland[4]

References

  1. ^ Officers of the UNICEF Executive Board 1946–2014, UNICEF
  2. ^ Executive Board Archived 2019-01-09 at the Wayback Machine, UNICEF
  3. ^ Colombia as President of the Executive Board of UNICEF (2002)
  4. ^ Peruvian Red Cross ships more than 50 tons of warm clothing and blankets to areas affected by extreme cold