United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon recently appointed Zimbabwean Dr. Fadzai Gwaradzimba as the UN’s Assistant Secretary-General for Safety and Security. Ms. Gwaradzimba, according to Mr. Ban, brings a wealth of experience in strategic management and leadership to this office, coupled with in depth knowledge of international development, crisis prevention and recovery, evaluation design and practice and gender issues. She has over 25 years of experience with the United Nations system.