UN picks Rola Dashti ESCWA chief – Amir congratulates

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KUWAIT CITY, Jan 22, (KUNA): His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah on Tuesday addressed a cable of congratulations to Dr Rola Abdullah Dashti on her appointment as Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA).

His Highness the Amir, in the cable, said he was proud that a Kuwaiti citizen earned this prestigious post, noting that her appointment to the senior position also signaled the high status enjoyed by the State of Kuwait at Arab, regional and international quarters.

Their Highnesses the Crown Prince and Prime Minister, respectively Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- Sabah and Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, addressed a cable of identical content to Dr Dashti.

National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Ali Al-Ghanim on Tuesday also cabled Dr Dashti expressing congratulations on her appointment. He affirmed that naming Dr Dashti to this senior post reflected the high-level status of Kuwait at the international level and significant potentials of the national cadres, in general.

The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced the appointment of Dashti of Kuwait as the next Executive Secretary of the United Nations ESCWA. She will succeed Mohamed Ali Al-Hakim of Iraq to whom the Secretary-General is grateful for his commitment and dedicated service to the organization, Guterres said in a statement late Monday. The Secretary-General is also appreciative to Mounir Tabet who will continue to serve as Acting Executive Secretary until Ms Dashti assumes her position.

Dashti, a leading Kuwaiti economist and long-time champion of women’s rights and gender equality, is currently serving as member of the Supreme Planning Council in Kuwait. From 2012 to 2014, she was Minister for Planning and Development and Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs.

Dashti played a pivotal role in advocating for the decree to allow Kuwaiti women to vote and run for parliamentary elections, and in May 2009, she with three other women became the first women to be elected to Kuwait’s Parliament.

She has also held key positions in research and development institutions such as the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research and worked for major local and international financial and development institutions such as the National Bank of Kuwait and the World Bank.

Dashti holds a doctorate degree in population dynamics from Johns Hopkins University-Baltimore, a master’s degree in economics and finance from California State University-Sacramento, and a bachelor of science in agriculture economics from California State University-Chico.

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