Presenting her letters of credence to the President of the Republic of Malawi, H.E Dr Lazarus Chakwera, at the Kamuzu Palace, Ms. Adda-Dontoh thanked the President for his commitment and contribution to the work of the UN globally, and for his leadership of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) and the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and reiterated the UN’s commitment to continue collaborating with Malawi in advancing the 17 Global Goals popularly known as Sustainable Development Goals.

President Chakwera said that his administration remained vigilant to align key global development goals with the country's aspirations in building a better Malawi for everyone.

Ms. Rebecca Adda-Dontoh, who took up her post on 10^th December, 2022, is a peace-building and development practitioner with over 30 years of service in national public service, non-governmental organizations and the United Nations, focusing on fragile, transitional and humanitarian contexts in Ghana, The Philippines, Nigeria, Malawi, The Gambia, and Bangladesh.?

Prior to her appointment as United Nations Resident Coordinator, Ms. Rebecca Adda-Dontoh served for?10 years as a Senior Peace and Development Advisor to UN Country Teams in Bangladesh, The Gambia and Malawi.

Prior to that, Ms Adda-Dontoh served as the Deputy Director at the Centre for National Culture in Ghana, the Conflict Prevention Programme Manager for Nonviolent Peaceforce in Mindanao, The Philippines and the Peace Advisor for the German Association for Development Cooperation (AGEH) in Plateau State, Nigeria.

Ms. Adda-Dontoh founded and led Mothers for Active Non-Violence, a women’s peace and development non-governmental organization. She also worked as a consultant with the UN Development Programme and the Ministry of Interior in Ghana.

Ms. Adda-Dontoh holds a Master of Arts degree in Public Relations and Public Communications from the University of Westminster, and a Diploma in Journalism and Public Relations from the Ghana Institute of Journalism.

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