New Permanent Representative of Lesotho Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva

Tšiu Khathibe, the new Permanent Representative of Lesotho to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

Mr. Khathibe will also be serving as Ambassador of Lesotho to Switzerland.

Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Khathibe had been serving as Chief Executive at the National Reforms Transitional Office, National Reforms Authority, Ministry of Justice and Law of Lesotho since September 2022, where he was Deputy Chief Executive since October 2020.  He represented Lesotho at the Lesotho Highlands Water Commission from November 2005 to October 2017 in various capacities, and at the Lesotho Highlands Water Project before that from November 2003 to October 2005.

Mr. Khathibe has been an independent non-executive director (part-time) at the Nedbank Lesotho Limited from August 2018 to date.  He was also a member of the Lesotho Defence Force from 1983 to 1991.   

Mr. Khathibe has a Bachelor of Commerce, Commercial Law and Economics from Rhodes University in South Africa (1998).  He also has a higher diploma in criminal justice and forensic investigations (2005) and a post graduate diploma in drafting and interpretation of contracts from the University of Johannesburg, South Africa (2009), and is an accredited mediator after attending the London School of Meditation, London, United Kingdom (2015).   

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