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 179^th 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

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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.)

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New appointment announcements

by Alvaro Lario

I am pleased to announce that following a comprehensive recruitment process, I have appointed Ms. Pieternel M. Boogaard as Managing Director, Office of Technical Delivery.

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New appointment announcements

by Alvaro Lario

I am pleased to announce that following a comprehensive recruitment process, I have appointed Ms Federica Diamanti as Associate Vice-President, External Relations Department and Mr Roger Fischer as Chief Risk Officer, Office of Enterprise Risk Management.

To read the full communication and in the four official languages of the fund please click the following links: [Arabic] [English] [French] [Spanish]