Secretary-General Appoints Gleb Desyatnikov of Russian Federation Assistant Secretary-General for Mine Action and Police

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the appointment of Gleb Desyatnikov of the Russian Federation as Assistant Secretary-General for Mine Action and Police in the Department of Peace Operations.

Mr. Desyatnikov brings to the position more than 35 years of experience in international relations, political affairs and security issues across Government, multilateral diplomacy and conflict-affected regions.

Since 2018, Mr. Desyatnikov has been serving as Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Jordan.  Prior to that, he was Deputy Director of the Middle East and North Africa Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (2010–2018).

His earlier positions included Senior Adviser on Middle East and North Africa affairs at the Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the United Nations in New York (2004-2010), Chief Officer for the Iraq and Jordan Political Desk at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2000-2004) and service in the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Jordan from 1997 to 2000.  Between 1994 and 1997, he also undertook several seconded deployments with the United Nations Special Commission on Iraq.

Mr. Desyatnikov holds a master’s degree in international relations from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations in the Russian Federation.  In addition to his native Russian, Mr. Desyatnikov is fluent in English and Arabic.