Africa |
| 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) |
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
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 |
Alan Doss
(United Kingdom) |
United Nations Mission in Liberia
(UNMIL)
|
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 |
Americas |
| Country/Region |
Title |
Name
(Country) |
UN
Mission |
Date
of Appointment |
| Latin
American Region |
Special
Adviser of the Secretary-General on Latin American Issues |
Diego
Cordovez
(Ecuador) |
|
April
1999 |
| Guyana
- Venezuela |
Personal
Representative of the Secretary-General on the Border Controversy
between Guyana and Venezuela |
Oliver
Jackman
(Barbados) |
|
26
October 1999 |
| Haiti |
Special
Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of Mission |
Edmond Mulet
(Guatemala) |
United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti
(MINUSTAH) |
1 June 2006
|
| 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 |
Adama Guindo
(Mali) |
United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti
(MINUSTAH) |
1 June 2004 |
| |
|
|
|
Asia
and the Pacific |
| Country/Region |
Title |
Name
(Country) |
UN
Mission |
Date
of Appointment |
| Afghanistan |
Special
Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan |
Tom Koenigs
(Germany) |
United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan
(UNAMA) |
Effective
16 February 2006
[S/2005/820]
[S/2005/819] |
| Principal Deputy
Special Representative of the Secretary-General |
Ameerah
Haq
(Bangladesh) |
United
Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan
(UNAMA) |
8
June 2004 |
| Deputy
Special Representative of the Secretary-General |
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) |
|
1 November 2005 |
| Myanmar |
Special
Envoy of the Secretary-General for Myanmar |
To be appointed |
|
|
| Nepal |
Personal Representative of the Secretary-General in Nepal for Support to the Peace Process |
Ian Martin (United Kingdom) |
|
25 August 2006 |
| South Asia Earthquake Disaster |
Special Envoy for South Asia Earthquake |
George Herbert Walker Bush (United States) |
|
15 December 2005 |
| 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 |
To be appointed
|
United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT)
|
|
| 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 |
Eric Tan Huck Gim
(Singapore) |
United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) |
6 November 2006 |
Europe |
| Country/Region |
Title |
Name
(Country) |
UN
Mission |
Date
of Appointment |
| Cyprus |
Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head
of Mission |
Michael Moller
(Denmark) |
United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus
(UNFICYP) |
Effective
1 January 2006
[S/2005/590]
[S/2005/589]
|
| 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 |
Steven Schook
(United States ) |
United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo
(UNMIK) |
18 April 2006 |
| Director of Civil Administration |
Patricia Waring - Ripley
(Canada) |
United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo
(UNMIK) |
14 November 2004 |
| Deputy Special Representative for Institution Building (OSCE) |
Werner Wnendt
(Germany) |
United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo
(UNMIK) |
April 2005 |
| Deputy Special Representative for Reconstruction (European Union) |
Paul Acda
(United Kingdom) [Acting Deputy SRSG] |
United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo
(UNMIK) |
1 September 2006 |
| 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 Envoy for the Implementation of Security Council Resolution 1559 |
Terje
Roed-Larsen
(Norway) |
|
3 January 2005
[S/2004/974] |
| Territories
Occupied by Israel |
Special
Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and Personal
Representative of the Secretary-General to the Palestine Liberation
Organization and the Palestinian Authority |
Alvaro de Soto
(Perù) |
|
6 May 2005
[SG/A/921] |
Deputy Special Coordinator for
the Middle East Peace Process and
UN Coordinator for Humanitarian and
Development Activities in the Occupied
Palestinian Territory |
Kevin M. Kennedy
(United States, Ireland)
|
|
12 May 2006 |
| Iraq |
Special
Representative of the Secretary-General for Iraq |
Ashraf Jehangir Qazi
(Pakistan) |
United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) |
12
July 2004
[S/2004/563]
[S/2004/564] |
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
|
Jean-Marie Fakhouri
(Lebanon) |
United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) |
3 May 2006
|
| 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 |
Yuli Vorontsov
(Russian Federation) |
|
14 February 2000
[S/2000/112]
[S/2000/113] |
| Lebanon |
Personal Representative of the Secretary-General for Lebanon |
Geir O. Pedersen
(Norway) |
|
29 March 2005
[S/2005/216]
[S/2005/217]
[S/2005/725]
[S/2005/726] |
| |
Commissioner of the UN International Independent Investigation Commission into the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri |
Serge Brammertz
(Belgium)
|
UN International Independent Investigation Commission into the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri |
17 January 2006
[S/2006/18]
[S/2006/17] |
Other
High Level Appointments |
| Country/Region |
Title |
Name
(Country) |
UN
Mission |
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 |
