"True, in 2002 I was elected by the UN General Assembly as under-secretary general of the United Nations and executive director of UN-HABITAT. I therefore became the first African woman in this senior elective position. In 2006 I was also appointed by Secretary-General Kofi Annan as the director general of the United Nations Office in Nairobi, which is the only UN headquarters station in the developing world. Once I got into both these positions, I considered it my duty to work hard and perform highly and impressively to demonstrate that African women, given a chance, can also deliver. I am happy that on this matter all are agreed I did very well."
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