{"id":157762,"date":"2018-03-21T22:39:09","date_gmt":"2018-03-22T02:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=157762"},"modified":"2018-03-21T22:39:09","modified_gmt":"2018-03-22T02:39:09","slug":"filipina-assumes-top-un-post-in-cambodia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/03\/21\/filipina-assumes-top-un-post-in-cambodia\/","title":{"rendered":"Filipina assumes top UN post in Cambodia"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_157764\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-157764\" style=\"width: 240px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/0-02-06-e62a68a84ef3333d47e15fde5574b298bdcb9fb78b2ca0728af0f824f00a8da0_full_5ab253aa1552f8_84298735.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-157764\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/0-02-06-e62a68a84ef3333d47e15fde5574b298bdcb9fb78b2ca0728af0f824f00a8da0_full_5ab253aa1552f8_84298735.jpg\" alt=\"PNA photo\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-157764\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">PNA photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>&#8212; The Department of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday announced that Filipina Pauline Tamesis, has assumed the highest ranking post in the United Nations system in Cambodia.<\/p>\n<p>As UN Resident Coordinator, Tamesis will oversee the UN family of more than 20 specialized agencies, as well as affiliated programmes and funds, in Cambodia.<\/p>\n<p>At a welcome dinner hosted by the Philippine Embassy in Phnom Penh, Ambassador to Cambodia Christopher Montero expressed pride and honor on her assumption.<\/p>\n<p>Montero cited that &#8220;the appointment of Tamesis as UN Resident Coordinator in Cambodia is a source of pride for the Philippines and the Filipino community in Cambodia.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am confident that she will be able to discharge her important duties with the same professionalism and excellence that Filipinos are known for,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Tamesis holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Georgetown University (USA) and a Bachelor\u2019s degree in Management Economics from the Ateneo de Manila University.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to her appointment, Tamesis was Chief Country Office Support of the UN Development Programme (UNDP) Bangkok Regional Hub \u200e(2016-2018) and Country Director of the UNDP Office in Bangladesh \u200e(2013-2016).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA&#8212; The Department of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday announced that Filipina Pauline Tamesis, has assumed the highest ranking post in &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":157764,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[399,9396,204,48836,458,48837],"class_list":["post-157762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news-ph","tag-cambodia","tag-department-of-foreign-affairs","tag-dfa","tag-pauline-tamesis","tag-un","tag-un-post","mauthors-joyce-ann-l-rocamora","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157762"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157762\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/157764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}