Veteran Indian Army officer Lieutenant General (retired) Abhijit Guha has been appointed by the UN chief as the head of the world body's observer mission in the strife-torn Yemen's port city of Hodeidah.

Guha was appointed on Thursday by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres as the Chair of the Redeployment Coordination Committee (RCC) and head of the United Nations Mission to support the Hodeidah Agreement (UNMHA). He will succeed Lieutenant General Michael Lollesgaard, who served as RCC Chair and head of the UNMHA from January 31 to July 31, the Secretary General's spokesman said in a statement.