Kenya's Monica Juma has been officially sworn in as the Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and Director-General of the United Nations Office at Vienna.

• Juma was sworn in by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.
• She formerly served as Kenya’s National Security Adviser and Secretary to the National Security Council from 2022 to 2026.
• Her appointment places a Kenyan at the helm of a key UN agency combating transnational crime, corruption, terrorism, and drug trafficking, while promoting justice and the rule of law globally.