SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Multiple sources – German Volker Perthes to become head of UN Support Mission in Sudan

7/1/2021: Multiple sources – German Volker Perthes to become head of UN Support Mission in Sudan

• Radio Dabanga

• Sudan Tribune

German diplomat Volker Perthes has become the new head of the United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS), as well as Special Envoy of the UN Secretary General to Sudan.

 Perthes was formerly the  Director of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs and was a UN Senior Advisor focusing on Syria. His appointment comes after the reported opposition by Russia and China to the appointment of the French diplomat