Governing Council - News
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New appointment announcement
by Alvaro LarioI am pleased to announce that, after a competitive recruitment process, I have decided to appoint Mr. Andrzej Antoszkiewicz, to the position of Associate Vice-President for the Corporate Services Department (CSD) effective January 19th 2026.To read the full communication in the four official languages of the Fund, please click the following links: [Arabic][English][French][Spanish]
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New appointment announcement
by Alvaro Lario
I am pleased to announce that. after a competitive recruitment process, I have appointed Ms.Diane Menville to the position of Associate Vice-President for the Financial Operations Department (FOD).
To read the full communication and in the four official languages of the fund, please click the following links: [Arabic] [English] [French] [Spanish]
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Distinguished Representatives,
Ukraine’s application to join IFAD as a non-original member was approved by the Governing Council during its forty-sixth session. With Ukraine having deposited its instrument of accession with the UN Secretary-General on 22 October 2024, we are pleased to announce that Ukraine is now a fully-fledged member of the IFAD family and our 179th Member State!
The Office of the Secretary remains actively engaged with prospective new Member States. We are proud to see IFAD’s membership continue to grow and look forward to welcoming additional members in the future.
Highest consideration,
Office of the Secretary
To read the communication in the four official languages of the Fund, please click the following links [Arabic] [English] [French] [Spanish]
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Distinguished Representatives,
It is my pleasure to inform you that the new iteration of our global multilingual website, ifad.org, has been launched a few days ago.
Warmly,
Katherine Meighan
Chief Legal and Governance Officer, Associate Vice-President External Relations Department (a.i.)
To read the full communication, click here [Arabic] [English] [French] [Spanish]