Lebanese journalist Sahar Baasiri, wife of Lebanon's permanent representative at the UN, Nawwaf Salam, was elected yesterday President of the International Women Forum of the UN. The Forum was created in 1975 and is under the auspices of the wife of the Secretary General. It includes women ambassadors to the UN and its membership is also open to ambassadors' wives, women diplomats and women from the New York civil society scene.
Source: Al-Nahar, 20 November 2014