Marcos hails outgoing UN representative González

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. meets with United Nations (UN) in the Philippines Resident Coordinator Gustavo Gonzalez during a courtesy call at the Malacanang Palace on friday.PPA POOL / MARIANNE BERMUDEZ

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. meets with United Nations (UN) in the Philippines Resident Coordinator Gustavo Gonzalez during a courtesy call at the Malacanang Palace on Friday. (PPA POOL / MARIANNE BERMUDEZ)

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand  “Bongbong” R. Marcos Jr. expressed his appreciation to Gustavo González, the outgoing United Nations (UN) Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator to the Philippines, during the latter’s courtesy call in Malacañang on Friday.
González concluded his nearly five years of service in the Philippines.
“You did so much between the UN and the Philippines,” Marcos told González.
“I was looking at the time that you were here. There’s a very, very large increase in engagements between the United Nations and the Philippines – specifically COVID, the BARMM,” he added.
González told the President that it was not only his last day as Resident Coordinator for the Philippines but also his last day as a UN representative, as he would be retiring from active service.
President Ferdinand  "Bongbong" R. Marcos Jr. expressed his appreciation to Gustavo González, the outgoing United Nations (UN) Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator to the Philippines, during the latter’s courtesy call in Malacañang on Friday. 

(PPA POOL / MARIANNE BERMUDEZ)

“Mr. President, thank you so much. I very much appreciate your time but today is also my last day as a UN active officer. So I’m going to retire. No doubt that the Philippines will be in my heart because this is a special moment for me,” he said.
Aside from his role in the Philippines, González served as the United Nations Development Programme’s Sub-Regional Development Coordinator for the Syria-related crisis, overseeing operations in Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, and Turkey, from 2013 to 2017.

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