Content_paragraphs:  UNITAMS has reached its initial operational capacity, with 5 national staff and 
  
  32 international staff onboarded or onboarding as at 15 February 2021. The Special 
  
  Representative of the Secretary-General for the Sudan, Volker Perthes, arrived in 
  
  Khartoum on 2 February. On 14 February, he held an introductory meeting with the 
  
  Prime Minister. The Deputy Special Representative for the Sudan, who would also be 
  
  serving as Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator, has been appointed 
  
  and is being onboarded. The recruitment of national and international staff for priority 
  
  positions in UNITAMS in 2021 has begun, and every effort is being made to achieve 
  
  both geographical diversity and a gender balance in the Mission’s first year of 
  
  operations.