GEORGE TOWN: Datuk Maimunah Mohd Sharif has decided to accept the post as executive director of the United Nations' Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat). The Penang Island City Council (MBPP) mayor Mainumah said she was taking on this challenge with the blessings of the state government. I will remain as the mayor until I have to leave," she said at a press conference held at Komtar today (Dec 23). On Wednesday (Dec 20), UN secretary-general António Guterres told the General Assembly in New York of his intention to appoint Maimunah as UN-Habitat executive director. Its mission is to promote socially and environmentally sustainable human settlements and the achievement of adequate shelter for all.

Source: The Star December 23, 2017 07:18 UTC