A career diplomat, Mr. Sha Zukang became the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs on 1 July, 2007. As such, he heads the Department of Economic and Social Affairs, which is responsible for the follow-up to the major United Nations Summits and Conferences, and services the Economic and Social Council and the Second and Third Committees of the General Assembly. He also chairs the United Nations Executive Committee on Economic and Social Affairs. He is a graduate of Nanjing University, China.

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Latest statements

6 July 2009	Statement to the High-Level Policy Dialogue of ECOSOC	Geneva
4 July 2009	Statement to the Civil Society Development Forum 2009	Geneva
30 June 2009	Statement at the Closing of the United Nations Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and its Impact on Development	New York
25 June 2009	Statement to the United Nations Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and its Impact on Development	New York
23 June 2009	Welcoming Remarks to UN Public Service Day and Awards Ceremony	New York
17 June 2009	Statement to the United Nations Open-Ended Informal Consultation Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea	New York
6 June 2009	Statement to the 2009 Joint Annual Meeting of the African Union Conference of Ministers of Economy and Finance and the Economic Commission for Africa Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development	Cairo
18 May 2009	Statement to the UNCTAD Symposium on the Global Economic Crisis	Geneva
5 May 2009	Statement to the Opening Ceremony of the World Civic Forum	Seoul, Korea
29 April 2009	Statement to the ECOSOC Annual Ministerial Review Regional Ministerial Meeting for Asia and the Pacific on "Promoting Health Literacy"	Beijing, China
26 April 2009	Statement to the Development Committee	Washington, DC
25 April 2009	Statement to the International Monetary and Financial Committee	Washington, DC
23 April 2009	Statement to the High-Level Conference on Reliable and Stable Transit of Energy and its Role in Ensuring Sustainable Development and International Cooperation	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
22 April 2009	Statement to the World Telecommunication Policy Forum	Lisbon, Portugal
20 April 2009	Opening Remarks to the UNFF8 Panel on the Financial Crisis and Sustainable Forest Management: Threat and Opportunity	New York
20 April 2009	Statement to the Opening of the Eighth Session of the United Nations Forum on Forests	New York
2 April 2009	Statement to the Luncheon Briefing on “Autism: Awareness, Implications, Responses”	New York
30 March 2009	Statement to the 42nd Session of the Commission for Population and Development	New York
17 March 2009	Statement to the High-Level Expert Panel on Water and Disaster	Istanbul, Turkey
17 March 2009	Statement on Financing Water and Sanitation: The Way Forward	Istanbul, Turkey
16 March 2009	Statement to Heads of State and Government at the 5th World Water Forum	Istanbul, Turkey
16 March 2009	Statement to the Opening of the 5th World Water Forum	Istanbul, Turkey
9 March 2009	Statement to the Committee on Development Policy	New York
24 February 2009	Statement to the 40th Session of the Statistical Commission	New York
23 February 2009	Statement to the ECOSOC Special Event on Philanthropy and the Global Public Health Agenda	New York
23 February 2009	Statement to the Opening Session of the Intergovernmental Preparatory Meeting for the 17th Session of the Commission on Sustainable Development	New York
23-25 February 2009	Statement to the G77 Ministerial Forum on Water	Muscat, Oman
9-10 February 2009	Concluding Remarks to the High-Level Meeting on African Agriculture in the 21stCentury	Windhoek, Namibia
9-10 February 2009	Welcome Remarks to the High-Level Meeting on African Agriculture in the 21stCentury	Windhoek, Namibia
4 February 2009	47th Session of the Commission for Social Development	New York
3 February 2009	Civil Society Forum, "Social Integration: Building a Society for all"	New York
23 January 2009	Group of 77 Chairmanship Handover Ceremony	New York
2 December 2008	Statement on Behalf of the Secretary-General of the United Nations at the Closing Plenary Session of the Follow-Up International Conference to Review the Implementation of the Monterrey Consensus	Doha, Qatar
9 November 2008	Beijing Forum, “Respect for Diversity and Work for Harmony and Prosperity for All”	Beijing
7-8 November 2008	Beijing High-Level Conference on Climate Change: Technology Development and Technology Transfer	Beijing
3 November 2008	World Urban Forum IV	Nanjing, China
27 October 2008	Second Committee of the General Assembly on the Item “Sustainable Development”	New York
20 October 2008	Second Committee Side Event on the Second United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty, 2008-2017	New York
20 October 2008	Third Committee of the General Assembly on the Item "Indigenous Issues"	New York
12 October 2008	Development Committee	Washington, DC
11 October 2008	International Monetary and Financial Committee	Washington, DC
6 October 2008	Third Committee of the General Assembly	New York
6 October 2008	Second Committee of the General Assembly	New York
30 August 2008	2008 Paralympic Games	Beijing
12 August 2008	World Youth Congress 2008	Québec City
25 July 2008	Closing of the 2008 ECOSOC Substantive Session	New York
7 July 2008	ECOSOC Dialogue with the Executive Secretaries of the Regional Commissions	New York
30 June 2008	High-Level Policy Dialogue of the Economic and Social Council	New York
19 June 2008	Committee For Programme And Coordination	New York
26-27 May 2008	7th Annual Forum on City Informatization in the Asia-Pacific Region on the Smart Use of ICT for Better Cities	Shanghai
22-23 May 2008	National Preparatory Workshop for the 2008 ECOSOC Annual Ministerial Review	Bagamoyo, Tanzania
21 May 2008	International Forum on Innovation and Brand Building of High-Tech Enterprises	Beijing
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