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Country/Region Title Name (Country) UN Mission Date of Appointment
Alliance of Civilizations High Representative of the Secretary-General for the Alliance of Civilizations Jorge Sampaio
(Portugal)
  26 April 2006
Avian and Human Influenza (Bird flu) Senior United Nations System Coordinator for Avian and Human Influenza David Nabarro
(United Kingdom)
  29 September 2005
Children and Armed Conflict Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict

Radhika Coomaraswamy
(Sri Lanka)

  7 February 2006
Climate Change Special Envoys of the Secretary-General on Climate Change Gro Harlem Brundtland
(Norway)

Han Seung-soo
(Republic of Korea)

Ricardo Lagos Escobar
(Chile)
 

1 May 2007


1 May 2007


1 May 2007

Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for CIS Vacant
   
Conference on Disarmament Personal Representative of the Secretary-General for the Conference on Disarmament and Director-General of the United Nations Office in Geneva (UNOG) Sergei A. Ordzhonikidze
(Russian Federation)
  01 March 2002
(Director-General of the United Nations Office in Geneva)

19 March 2002
(Personal Representative of the Secretary-General for the Conference on Disarmament)
 
Gender Issues and Advancement of Women Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women Rachel N. Mayanja
(Uganda)
  12 August 2004
Global Compact Special Advisor on the Global Compact Klaus M. Leisinger (Germany)   5 October 2005
HIV/AIDS in Africa Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for HIV/AIDS in Africa Elizabeth Mataka
(Botswana)
  21 May 2007
HIV/AIDS in Asia and in the Pacific Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for HIV/AIDS in Asia and in the Pacific Nafis Sadik
(Pakistan)
  24 May 2002
HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean Region Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean Region George Alleyne
(Barbados)
  4 February 2003
HIV/AIDS in Eastern Europe Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for HIV/AIDS in Eastern Europe Lars O. Kallings
(Sweden)
  May 2003
Human Rights Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Human Rights Defenders Hina Jilani
(Pakistan)
Human Rights Council 18 August 2000
Human Rights and the Business Community Special Representative of the Secretary-General on the Issue of Human Rights and Transnational Corporations and other Business Enterprises John Ruggie
(United States)
Human Rights Council 28 July 2005
Internally Displaced Persons Representative of the Secretary-General on the Human Rights for Internally Displaced Persons Walter Kälin
(Switzerland)
Human Rights Council 21 September 2004
Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States 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
Malaria Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Malaria Ray Chambers
(United States)
  14 February 2008
Migration Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Migration Peter Sutherland
(Ireland)
  23 January 2006
Millennium Development Goals Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on the Millennium Development Goals Jeffrey D. Sachs
(United States)
  4 February 2002
Secretary-General's Executive Coordinator for the Millennium Development Goals Campaign Eveline Herfkens
(Netherlands)
  1 October 2002
Prevention and resolution of conflict Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on matters relating to the prevention and resolution of conflict Jan Egeland
(Norway)
  14 March 2007
Prevention of Genocide Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide Francis Deng
(Sudan)
  29 May 2007
Proposals on Responsibility to Protect Special Adviser to the Secretary-General Edward Luck
(United States)
  21 February 2008
Sport for Development and Peace Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Sport for Development and Peace Wifried Lemke (Germany)
  18 March 2008
Tuberculosis Special Envoy of the Secretary-General to Stop Tuberculosis Jorge Sampaio
(Portugal)
  12 May 2006
United Nations International School (UNIS) Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the United Nations International School Silvia Fuhrman
(United States)
  1 January 1967
World Summit on Information Society Special Adviser for the World Summit on the Information Society Nitin Desai
(India)
  21 July 2003
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