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Country/Region Title Name (Country) UN Mission Date of Appointment
Afghanistan Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan and Head of UNAMA Kai Eide
(Norway)
United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan
(UNAMA)
10 March 2008
[S/2008/166]
[S/2008/165]
Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Relief, Recovery and Reconstruction; UN Resident Coordinator and the UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Afghanistan Bo Asplund (Sweden) United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan
(UNAMA)
16 August 2007
Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Political Issues Christopher Alexander
(Canada)
United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan
(UNAMA)
28 December 2005
Cambodia Special Representative of the Secretary-General on the situation of human rights in Cambodia Yash Ghai (Kenya) Human Rights Council 1 November 2005
Central Asia Special Representative and Head of the UN Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia Miroslav Jenča (Slovakia) UN Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia in (UNRCCA) in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 1 May 2008
[S/2008/286]
[S/2008/285]
Myanmar Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Myanmar
Ibrahim Gambari
(Nigeria)
(see also Iraq)
  22 May 2007
Nepal Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Nepal and Head of UNMIN Ian Martin (United Kingdom) United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN)  2 February 2007
[S/2007/62]
[S/2007/61]
Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Nepal and Deputy Head of UNMIN Aracelly Santana (Ecuador) United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN)  3 April 2008
Tajikistan Representative of the Secretary-General for Tajikistan Vladimir Sotirov
(Bulgaria)
United Nations Tajikistan Office of Peace-building
(UNTOP)
1 October 2002
Timor-Leste Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Timor-Leste and Head of Mission of UNMIT Atul Khare
(India)
United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT)
 
29 November 2006
[S/2006/923] [S/2006/924]
Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Governance Support, Development and Humanitarian Coordination Finn Reske-Nielsen
(Denmark)
United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) 7 September 2006
  Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Security Sector Support and Rule of Law To be appointed United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT)  
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