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Country/Region Title Name (Country) UN Mission Date of Appointment
African Region Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Africa
(Based in New York)
Legwaila Joseph Legwaila
(Botswana)
Office of the Special Adviser on Africa effective
1 May 2006
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

Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of Mission
(Acting)

Nureldin Satti
(Sudan)
United Nations Operation in Burundi
(ONUB)
1 April 2006
Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General, UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator, and UNDP Resident Representative Youssef Mahmoud (Tunisia)
United Nations Operation in Burundi
(ONUB)
effective
6 October 2006
Central African Republic Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Peace-building Office in the Central African Republic General Lamine Cissé
(Senegal)
United Nations Peace-building Office in the Central African Republic
(BONUCA)
16 July 2001
[S/2001/690]
[S/2001/691]
Côte d'Ivoire Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Côte d'Ivoire Pierre Schori
(Sweden)
United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) effective
1 April 2005
[S/2005/134]
[S/2005/133]
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 Abdoulaye Mar Dieye
(Senegal)
United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) 1 August 2004
High Representative of the Secretary-General for the elections in Côte d'Ivoire Gérard Stoudmann
(Switzerland)
  13 April 2006
[S/2006/243]
[S/2006/242]
Democratic Republic of the Congo Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the Democratic Republic of the Congo William Lacy Swing
(United States)
United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
(MONUC)
1 July 2003
[S/2003/562]
[S/2003/563]
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 Haile Menkerios
(Eritrea)
United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
(MONUC)
26 September 2005
Ethiopia/Eritrea
Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Ethiopia/Eritrea To be appointed United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea
(UNMEE)
 
Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Ethiopia/Eritrea

Joël W. Adechi
(Benin)

 

United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea
(UNMEE)
25 May 2005
Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Ethiopia/Eritrea Azouz Ennifar
(Tunisia)
 
United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea
(UNMEE)
29 July 2005
Great Lakes Region Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the Great Lakes Region Ibrahima Fall
(Senegal)
  16 July 2002
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 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 Alan Doss
(United Kingdom)
United Nations Mission in Liberia
(UNMIL)

Effective
15 August 2005
Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Operations and Rule of Law

To be appointed

United Nations Mission in Liberia
(UNMIL)

 
Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Recovery and Good Governance for Liberia
Jordan Ryan
(United States)
United Nations Mission in Liberia
(UNMIL)

Effective
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)
Effective
1 January 2006
Somalia Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia and Head of UNPOS François Lonseny Fall
(Guinea)
United Nations Political Office for Somalia
(UNPOS)
3 May 2005
[S/2006/262]
[S/2006/261]
[S/2005/280]
[S/2005/279]
Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia Per Lindgarde
(Sweden)
United Nations Political Office for Somalia
(UNPOS)
3 August 2006
Southern Africa Special Envoy of the Secretary-General
for Humanitarian Needs in Southern Africa
James T. Morris
(United States)
  July 2002
Sudan Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the Sudan Jan Pronk
(Netherlands)
United Nations Mission in the Sudan
(UNMIS)
1 August 2004
[S/2004/503]
[S/2004/504]
Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General Taye-Brook Zerihoun
(Ethiopia)
United Nations Mission in the Sudan
(UNMIS)
1 August 2004
Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General Manuel Aranda da Silva
(Mozambique)
United Nations Mission in the Sudan
(UNMIS)
12 August 2004
West Africa Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for West Africa Ahmedou
Ould-Abdallah

(Mauritania)
United Nations Office for West Africa
(UNOWA)
19 July 2002
Western Sahara Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Western Sahara To be appointed United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara
(MINURSO)
 
Personal Envoy of the Secretary-General for Western Sahara

Peter van Walsum
(Netherlands)

  26 July 2005
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