|
Press Release 97/71
NEW FAO DEPUTY DIRECTOR-GENERAL
Rome, 19 November -- The appointment of Mr. David A.
Harcharik as Deputy Director-General of the UN Food and
Agriculture Organization (FAO) was announced today by FAO
Director-General Jacques Diouf at the 114th Session of the
FAO Council, which confirmed that Mr. Harcharik would
succeed Mr. Howard W. Hjort, who will retire from the
position of Deputy Director-General at the end of December
1997.
Mr. Harcharik, a national of the United States, has served
as Assistant Director-General of the FAO Forestry Department
since 1995. His international career began with the US Peace
Corps in Peru in 1965. Later, he worked for FAO as Forestry
Officer from 1972 to 1978 in Rome. In 1981, he joined the US
Department of Agriculture Forest Service. From 1984 to 1991,
he served as Director of International Forestry, and in
1992, he became Associate Deputy Chief and then Acting
Deputy Chief of the Service.
Mr. Howard W. Hjort, a national of the United States, began
working with FAO in 1984 as Director of the Policy Analysis
Division, having served earlier with the Ford Foundation,
the US Department of Agriculture and with international
consulting firms. In 1990, he took over as Director of
FAOís Liaison Office with North America in Washington
D.C. and in 1992 he was appointed Deputy
Director-General.
FAO Director-General Diouf praised Mr. Hjortís great
competence and dedication and said that he had served FAO
with vision, devotion, loyalty and ability.
The FAO Council paid tribute to Mr. Hjort for his service to
the Organization and also welcomed Mr. Harcharik to his new
post.
|
