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Country/Region Title Name (Country) Date of Appointment
  Special Adviser to the Secretary-General Vijay Nambiar
(India)
3 March 2006
Alliance of Civilizations Special Advisor on the Alliance of Civilizations Iqbal Riza
(Pakistan)
 
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
Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for CIS (Mr. Vorontsov is also the Secretary-General's High-Level Coordinator on Iraq-Kuwait situation) Yuli Vorontsov
(Russian Federation)
15 February 1999
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)
 
Ethics Office Special Adviser on the Establishment of the Ethics Office Tunku Abdul Aziz
(Malaysia)
Effective
16 February 2006
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 Stephen Lewis
(Canada)
1 June 2001
HIV/AIDS in Asia Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for HIV/AIDS in Asia 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)
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)
28 July 2005
Internally Displaced Persons Representative of the Secretary-General on the Human Rights for Internally Displaced Persons Walter Kälin
(Switzerland)
21 September 2004
Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States High Representative of the Secretary-General for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States Anwarul K. Chowdhury
(Bangladesh)
18 March 2002
Management Reform Special Adviser for Management Reform Rajat Kumar Gupta
(United States)
2 November 2005
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 of Genocide Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide Juan E. Méndez
(Argentina)
12 July 2004
Sport for Development and Peace Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Sport for Development and Peace Adolf Ogi
(Switzerland)
28 February 2001
Tsunami Recovery United Nations Special Envoy for Tsunami Recovery William (Bill) Jefferson Clinton
(United States)
9 March 2005
Deputy Special Envoy for Tsunami Recovery Eric Schwartz
(United States)
1 August 2005
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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