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Country/Region Title Name (Country) UN Mission Date of Appointment
Africa Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Africa and High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States Cheikh Sidi Diarra
(Mali)
  22 January 2008
Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Africa
(Based in Geneva)
Mohamed Sahnoun
(Algeria)
  19 December 1997
[S/1997/994]
[S/1997/995]
[S/2005/808]
[S/2005/809]
Burundi Executive Representative of the Secretary-General for Burundi and Head of the UN Integrated Office in Burundi Youssef Mahmoud (Tunisia)
United Nations Integrated Office in Burundi (BINUB)
1 January 2007
[S/2006/1020]
[S/2006/1021]
Central African Republic Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Peacebuilding Office in the Central African Republic Sahle-Work Zewde
(Guinea)
United Nations Peacebuilding Office in the Central African Republic
(BONUCA)
3 June 2009
[SG/A/2009]
Central African Republic and Chad Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad Victor Da Silva Angelo
(Portugal)
United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT) 29 January 2008
[S/2008/52]
[S/2008/53]
Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the Central African Republic and Chad Rima Salah
(Jordan)
United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT) 14 March 2008
Côte d'Ivoire Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Côte d'Ivoire - [Acting] Choi Young-Jin
(Republic of Korea)
United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) 19 October 2007
[S/2007/623]
[S/2007/622]
Principal Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General
Abou Moussa
(Chad)
United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) 17 August 2005
Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General Georg Charpentier
(Finland)
United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) 27 March 2007
Democratic Republic of the Congo Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the Democratic Republic of the Congo Alan Doss
(United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
(MONUC)
19 October 2007
[S/2007/623]
[S/2007/622]
Deputy Special Representative for the Secretary-General for the Democratic Republic of the Congo Ross Mountain
(New Zealand)
United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
(MONUC)
15 November 2004
Deputy Special Representative for the Secretary-General for the Democratic Republic of the Congo Leila Zerrougui
(Algeria)
United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
(MONUC)
28 August 2008
Great Lakes region Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on Great Leakes region Olusengun Obasanjo (Nigeria)   9 December 2008
Guinea-Bissau Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNOGBIS
Joseph Mutaboba (Rwanda) United Nations Peace-building Support Office in Guinea-Bissau
(UNOGBIS)

3 February 2009
[S/2009/56]
[S/2009/55]

Horn of Africa Special Humanitarian Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Horn of Africa Kjell Magne Bondevik
(Norway)
  3 February 2006
Liberia Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Liberia Ellen Margrethe Løj
(Denmark)
United Nations Mission in Liberia
(UNMIL)

19 October 2007
[S/2007/623]
[S/2007/622]
Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Operations and Rule of Law

Henrietta Joy Abena Nyarko Mensa-Bonsu
(Ghana)

United Nations Mission in Liberia
(UNMIL)

22 August 2007
Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Recovery and Good Governance for Liberia
Moustapha Soumaré
(Mali)
United Nations Mission in Liberia
(UNMIL)


12 June 2009
Sierra Leone Executive Representative of the Secretary-General in Sierra Leone, Head of UNIPSIL, Resident Representative of UNDP and UN Resident Coordinator Michael von der Schulenburg
(Germany)
United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Sierra Leone (UNIPSIL)
14 January 2009
[S/2009/18]
[S/2009/17]
Somalia Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia and Head of UNPOS Ahmedou Ould Abdallah (Mauritania) United Nations Political Office for Somalia
(UNPOS)
12 September 2007
[S/2007/523]
[S/2007/522]
Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia Charles Petrie
(France)
United Nations Political Office for Somalia
(UNPOS)
29 October 2008
Sudan Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the Sudan Ashraf Jehangir Qazi
(Pakistan)
United Nations Mission in the Sudan
(UNMIS)
11 September 2007
[S/2007/532] [S/2007/531]
Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General Vacant United Nations Mission in the Sudan
(UNMIS)
 
Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General and the UN Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan Ameerah Haq
(Bangladesh)
United Nations Mission in the Sudan
(UNMIS)
5 September 2007
Sudan/Darfur Joint AU-UN Chief Mediator for Darfur Djibril Yipènè Bassolé
(Burkina Faso)
  30 June 2008
[S/2008/439]
[S/2008/438]
Joint AU-UN Special Representative for Darfur and Head of the Joint AU-UN peacekeeping mission in Darfur Rodolphe Adada
(Republic of Congo)
Joint AU-UN peacekeeping mission in Darfur 8 May 2007
[S/2007/264]
[S/2007/263]
Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Darfur Jan Eliasson
(Sweden)
  19 December 2006
[S/2008/130]
Uganda (northern), DRC and southern Sudan Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Lord's Resistance Army-affected areas Joaquim Chissano
(Mozambique)
 

1 December 2006
[S/2008/827]
[S/2008/826]
[S/2007/720]
[S/2007/719] [S/2006/930]

West Africa Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for West Africa Said Djinnit
(Algeria)
United Nations Office for West Africa
(UNOWA)
28 February 2008
[S/2008/128]
[S/2008/127]
Western Sahara Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Western Sahara Vacant United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara
(MINURSO)
 
Personal Envoy of the Secretary-General for Western Sahara

Christopher Ross (United States)

  14 January 2009
[S/2009/20] [S2009/19]
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