Movses Abelian
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Movses Abelian | |
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| United Nations Under-Secretary-General for General Assembly and Conference Management | |
| In office 1 September 2019 – Incumbent | |
| Preceded by | Catherine Pollard |
| United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for General Assembly and Conference Management | |
| In office 2016–2019 | |
| Preceded by | Catherine Pollard |
| Succeeded by | Cherith Norman Chalet |
| Permanent Representative of Armenia to the United Nations | |
| In office 1998–2003 | |
| Personal details | |
| Children | 2 |
Movses Abelian is an Armenian diplomat who has served as Under-Secretary-General for General Assembly and Conference Management and Coordinator for Multilingualism in the United Nations Secretariat since 2019.[1]
Abelian was educated in Armenia, Russia and the United States of America. He was an associate professor at Yerevan State University from 1989 to 1992[2] before joining the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia.[1]