Interview with Ross Mountain, Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General, United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC)
Ross Mountain, a national of New Zealand, was appointed Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General in November 2004. In this capacity, he also serves as Resident Co-ordinator and Humanitarian Co-ordinator in charge of the reconstruction of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the preparations leading up to the election that has just taken place. For more than twenty-five years, Mr Mountain has gained experience in the fields of economic and social development and humanitarian affairs around the world…