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The new Permanent Representative of Benin to the United Nations Marc Hermanne G. Araba paid a courtesy call on UN Secretary-General Antnio Guterres today. He earlier presented his credentials to the Secretariat on 5 January. See Press Release BIO5363.Prior to his latest appointment Mr. Araba held numerous positions at his countrys Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation including Ambassador and Permanent Secretary 2016-2017 and Deputy Director of International Organizations 2016. From 2009 to 2015 he was stationed at the Embassy of Benin in Geneva.Among other key roles Mr. Araba served as a Counsellor in charge of negotiations at the World Trade Organization WTO and issues related to the multilateral trading system from 2007 to 2009. He was also Head of the Department in charge of International Political Organizations and Specialized Issues a position he held concurrently with that of National Focal Point at the Permanent Secretariat of the Coordinating Bureau of the Least Developed Countries from 2005 to 2007.Mr. Araba holds a Master of Arts degree in international relations from the Taras Chevtchenko University of Kiev Ukraine and completed his first year of study at the Faculty of Law Economics and Political Sciences of the National University of Benin.He is married and has two children.
