United Nations: UN chief Ban Ki-moon has appointed senior Indian diplomat Atul Khare as the Under Secretary-General for Field Support and will head the department that provides dedicated support to peacekeeping missions around the world.

Khare, 55 will succeed Bangladesh's Ameerah Haq as the Under Secretary-General for Field Support, Department of Field Support (DFS). Khare has been appointed as the head of DFS, which provides dedicated support to peacekeeping field missions and political field missions around the world.