Tadesse Werede was born in
Mekelle, a city in
Enderta woreda of the
Tigray Region on 13 July 1958. He was the Head of Mission and Force Commander of the
United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) from its inception in 2011 until 2013. He was appointed by the
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to implement the mandate of the UN peacekeeping mission in the region of
Abyei in
Sudan, an oil-producing region with disputable borders between the governments of Sudan and
South Sudan. UNISFA was established by the
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1990 of 27 June 2011. Lieutenant General Tadesse Werede Tesfay was appointed to oversee the monitoring and verification of the withdrawal of all armed forces in Abyei. ==References==