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 Robert Watkins (Canada) United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) 17 May 2009 Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Political Issues Vacant United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA)   Central Asia Special Representative and Head of the UN Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia Miroslav Jenča (Slovakia) UN Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia in (UNRCCA) in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 1 May 2008 [S/2008/286] [S/2008/285] Nepal Representative of the Secretary-General in Nepal and Head of UNMIN Karin Landgren (Sweden) United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN)  3 February 2009 [S/2009/58] [S/2009/57] Pakistan  Special Envoy for Assistance to Pakistan  Jean-Maurice Ripert (France)   24 August 2009 Timor-Leste Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Timor-Leste and Head of Mission of UNMIT Ameerah Haq (Bangladesh) United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) 2 December 2009 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 Takahisa Kawakami (Japan) United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) 2 September 2008