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The General Assembly has approved António Guterres’s nominee for the UN’s internal oversight post, for a five-year term.
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The UN General Assembly has approved Isabelle Mercier of Canada as Under-Secretary-General for Internal Oversight Services, the UN announced on 12 October. Mercier was nominated by Secretary-General António Guterres for a five-year term that cannot be renewed. [1]
She will succeed Fatoumata Ndiaye of Senegal. According to her UN biography, Mercier has directed the UN Development Programme’s Independent Evaluation Office since 2023 and chairs the United Nations Evaluation Group. Before that, she worked at Global Affairs Canada from 2016 to 2023, first in a senior leadership role and then as an executive. [1]
The announcement did not specify when Mercier will take up the post.
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