Africa |
| 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 |
François Lonseny Fall
(Guinea) |
United
Nations Peacebuilding Office in the Central African Republic
(BONUCA) |
12 September 2007
[S/2007/523]
[S/2007/522] |
| 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) |
31 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 |
Vacant |
United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
(MONUC) |
|
| Ethiopia/Eritrea |
| Special
Representative of the Secretary-General for Ethiopia/Eritrea - [Acting] |
Azouz Ennifar
(Tunisia) |
United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea
(UNMEE) |
10 August 2006 |
| Deputy
Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Ethiopia/Eritrea |
Lebohang K.Moleko
(Lesotho)
|
United
Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea
(UNMEE)
|
1 December 2006 |
| Deputy
Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Ethiopia/Eritrea |
Azouz Ennifar
(Tunisia) |
United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea
(UNMEE) |
29 July 2005 |
| Guinea-Bissau |
Representative
of the Secretary-General and Head of UNOGBIS
|
Shola Omoregie (Nigeria) |
United
Nations Peace-building Support Office in Guinea-Bissau
(UNOGBIS) |
6 October 2006
[S/2006/791]
[S/2006/790] |
| Horn
of Africa |
Special
Envoy for the Humanitarian Crisis in 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
|
Jordan Ryan
(United States) |
United Nations Mission in Liberia
(UNMIL)
|
1 January 2006 |
| Sierra Leone |
Executive Representative for the United Nations Integrated Office in Sierra Leone |
Victor da Silva Angelo
(Portugal) |
United Nations Integrated Office in Sierra Leone (UNIOSIL)
|
1 January 2006 |
| 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 |
Per Lindgarde
(Sweden) |
United Nations Political Office for Somalia
(UNPOS) |
3 August 2006 |
| 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 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/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
|
Julian Harston (United Kingdom) |
United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara
(MINURSO) |
5 February 2007
[S/2007/56] [S2007/55] |
| Personal Envoy of the Secretary-General for Western Sahara |
Peter van Walsum
(Netherlands)
|
|
26 July 2005 |
Americas |
| Country/Region |
Title |
Name
(Country) |
UN
Mission |
Date
of Appointment |
| Guatemala |
Head of the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala |
Carlos Castresana Fernández (Spain) |
|
17 September 2007 |
| Haiti |
Special
Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of Mission |
Hédi Annabi (Tunisia) |
United
Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti
(MINUSTAH) |
1 August 2007
(Effective 1 September 2007)
|
| Principal Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General |
Luiz Carlos da Costa
(Brazil) |
United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti
(MINUSTAH) |
10 November 2006 |
| Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Humanitarian Coordinator, Resident Coordinator and Resident Representative for UNDP |
Joel Boutroue (France) |
United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti
(MINUSTAH) |
5 December 2006 |
| |
|
|
|
Asia
and the Pacific |
| 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 Jenèa (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 |
Vacant |
United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) |
|
Europe |
| Country/Region |
Title |
Name
(Country) |
UN
Mission |
Date
of Appointment |
| Cyprus |
Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head
of Mission |
Taye-Brook Zerihoun (Ethiopia) |
United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus
(UNFICYP) |
16
April 2008
[S/2008/245] [S/2008/244]
|
| Former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia-Greece |
Personal
Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Greece-FYROM talks |
Matthew
Nimetz
(United States) |
|
21
December 1999
[S/1999/1286]
[S/1999/1287] |
| Georgia |
Special
Representative of the Secretary-General in Georgia and Head
of Mission |
Jean Arnault
(France) |
United
Nations Observer Mission in Georgia
(UNOMIG) |
19 July 2006
[S/2006/539]
[S/2006/540] |
| Deputy
Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Georgia |
Ivo Petrov
(Bulgaria)
|
United
Nations Observer Mission in Georgia
(UNOMIG) |
5 October 2005 |
| Kosovo |
Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of Mission |
Joachim Rücker
(Germany) |
United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo
(UNMIK) |
1 September 2006
[S/2006/657]
[S/2006/656] |
| Principal Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Kosovo |
Vacant |
United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo
(UNMIK) |
|
| Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Future Status Process for Kosovo |
Martti Ahtisaari
(Finland) |
|
10 November 2005 |
| Deputy Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Future Status Process for Kosovo |
Albert Rohan
(Austria) |
|
10 November 2005 |
Middle
East |
| Country/Region |
Title |
Name
(Country) |
UN
Mission |
Date
of Appointment |
| Middle East |
| Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Personal Representative of the Secretary-General to the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority, and Secretary-General's Envoy to the Quartet |
Robert H. Serry
(Netherlands)
|
|
4 November 2007
[S/2007/690]
[S/2007/691] |
| Special Envoy for the Implementation of Security Council Resolution 1559 |
Terje
Roed-Larsen
(Norway) |
|
3 January 2005
[S/2004/974] |
Deputy Special Coordinator for
the Middle East Peace Process and
UN Coordinator for Humanitarian and
Development Activities in the Occupied
Palestinian Territory |
Max Gaylard
(Australia) |
|
4 March 2008 |
| Iraq (UNAMI) |
Special
Representative of the Secretary-General for Iraq |
Staffan de Mistura
(Sweden) |
United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) |
11 September 2007
[S/2007/534]
[S/2007/533] |
Deputy Special Representative for
Political Affairs |
Michael von der Schulenburg
(Germany) |
United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) |
6 May 2005
|
Deputy Special
Representative for Humanitarian, Reconstruction and Development Affairs
|
David Shearer
(New Zealand) |
United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) |
22 August 2007
|
| Iraq (International Compact) |
Special Advisor to the Secretary-General on the International Compact with Iraq and Other Political Issues
|
Ibrahim Gambari
(Nigeria)
(see also Myanmar) |
|
2 March 2007 |
| Iraq/Kuwait |
Secretary-General's
High-level Coordinator for compliance by Iraq with its obligations
regarding the repatriation or return of all Kuwaiti and third country
nationals or their remains, as well as the return of all Kuwaiti
property, including archives seized by Iraq |
Gennady P. Tarasov
(Russian Federation) |
|
11 April 2008
[S/2008/239]
[S/2008/238] |
| Lebanon |
Special Coordinator of the Secretary-General for Lebanon at the level of Under-Secretary-General |
Johan Verbeke
(Belgium)
|
UNSCOL (Office of the United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon) |
16 April 2008
[S/2008/237]
[S/2008/236]
|
| |
Commissioner of the UN International Independent Investigation
Commission into the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister
Rafik Hariri |
Daniel Bellemare
(Canada )
|
UN International Independent Investigation Commission into the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri |
16 November 2007
|
Other
High Level Appointments |
| 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 |
