The Secretary-General has appointed Yeocheol Yoon of the Republic of Korea as Chief of Protocol. Mr. Yoon will bring to this post 28 years of professional experience in diplomacy and international relations including protocol affairs. He has served most immediately as the director of the scheduling unit for the Secretary-General which closely coordinates with the Protocol Office, and previously as the Director of Protocol in the Korean Foreign Ministry. He also served as senior officer at the Office of the fifty-sixth President of General Assembly and at the Mission of the Republic of Korea to the United Nations.
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