UNICEF Representative
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The new Representative of UNICEF Office in Albania, Mr. Detlef Palm has officially assumed his duties in Tirana on Monday, 9 March 2009. Mr. Palm presented the letter of accreditation to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Albania, Mr. Lulzim Basha on 10 March 2009. Mr. Palm will oversee the management and the implementation of the Government of Albania and UNICEF Program of Cooperation.
"Albania presents both challenges and tremendous opportunities for the realization of children's rights. I look forward to contributing to the work of the Government of Albania and the development community so that every Albanian child enjoys his or her rights as enshrined in the Convention on the Rights of the Child", said Mr. Detlef Palm, the new Representative of UNICEF Office in Albania.
Mr. Palm has been serving as Deputy Director, Office of Internal Audit in UNICEF’s New York Headquarters since May 2005. He was responsible, among others, for the planning and supervision of global performance audits of UNICEF.
Prior to this, from 2001 to 2005, Mr. Palm served as the organizational focal point for UNICEF program policy and procedure, with a focus on results based management and programs aimed to reach vulnerable children. He also contributed to inter-agency agreements on United Nations reform and harmonized program policy.
Mr. Palm joined UNICEF in February 1985 and served in several African countries including Somalia, Sudan, Malawi and Namibia where he successfully coordinated UNICEF development and humanitarian assistance in the areas of nutrition, health, education, water and protection of children and monitored the overall situation of children and women in those countries.
Prior to joining UNICEF Mr. Palm worked as Field Director for the German Committee of Emergency Doctors in north-western Somalia supporting health care and nutrition in several refugee camps and the Hargeisa Hospital.
Mr. Palm is a national of Germany. In 1980, he earned from the Rheinische Westfaelische Technische Hochschule, Aachen, Germany his Master of Science Degree in Mathematics.
