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• Mr Khaled El Mekwad has dedicated over 30 years to public service. Prior to this appointment, he served as United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Regional Representative for Southern Africa, covering ten SADC countries.

An Arabic version of this op-ed by Fernanda Leonardi, Head of the UN-Habitat Country Programme in Bahrain, was published in Al Watan on 10 May 2022.

Despite our best efforts to keep personnel safe, more peacekeepers are being injured or killed in these volatile conditions. The frequency of malicious attacks against peacekeepers increased from 280 in 2020 to 463 last year. In 2021, there were 24 fatalities due to these violent acts.

Op-Ed by the United Nations Country Team in Bahrain on the World Food Safety Day.

• Mr Khaled El-Mekwad presented on 5 June his credentials to Bahrain's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Abdullatif bin Rashid Al-Zayani.