Lana Al Wreikat assumes duty as UNICEF Country Office Representative in the Sultanate of Oman

Muscat, 2 October 2017 – Lana Al Wreikat has submitted her credentials to the Secretary General of Foreign Affairs as UNICEF Representative to the Sultanate of Oman on Monday, October 2, 2017.

As UNICEF Representative, Ms Al Wreikat provides strategic leadership in the design and implementation of programmes for the wellbeing of children and women in Oman, as part of the Government of Oman-UNICEF Country Programme of Cooperation.

Ms Al Wreikat is UNICEF’s 9th Representative to the Sultanate of Oman and brings with her over 20 years of international experience having served in Africa, Middle East and Central Asia regions. Prior to this assignment, she served as UNICEF Head of Office in Gaziantep, Turkey. Al Wreikat was also the Deputy Chief of the Regional Emergency and Humanitarian Unit in UNICEF’s Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office (ESARO) and was based in both Nairobi in Kenya and Johannesburg in South Africa from 2007-2013. She has also held various leadership positions within UNICEF in Iran, Tajikistan, Libya and Mozambique.

UNICEF’s work in Oman began in 1971 through the Gulf Area Office in Abu Dhabi, followed by the opening of an office in Muscat in 1982. Ms Al Wreikat will continue to develop the country programme for the years 2017-2020 established by her predecessor, which currently focuses on three areas: Integrated Early Childhood Development (IECD), Inclusion of Children with Disabilities (CwD) and Protection of Children from Violence.