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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

Senior Management Group

Structure & Objectives

The Senior Management Group (SMG) is a committee of senior UN managers that serves as the Secretary-General's cabinet and the central policy planning body of the United Nations. Its objective is to ensure strategic coherence and direction in the work of the Organization. The cabinet was approved by the General Assembly in 1997 as part of the reform proposal submitted by the Secretary-General.

The SMG has enabled the United Nations to refine its leadership and management by allowing senior managers to plan together, share information, pool efforts, coordinate activities, avoid duplication, and work for common objectives. Video-conferencing enables senior officials from UN offices in Geneva, Nairobi, Rome and Vienna to take part in the cabinet meetings.

Current members

The Senior Management Group is chaired by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, and includes the following members:

Asha-Rose Migiro, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations
Asha-Rose Migiro
Deputy Secretary-General

Sven Alkalaj, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
Sven Alkalaj
Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)

Valerie Amos, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator
Valerie Amos
Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator

Michelle Bachelet, Under-Secretary-General for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women
Michelle Bachelet
Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women (UN Women)

Alicia Bárcena Ibarra, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
Alicia Bárcena Ibarra
Economic Commission
for Latin America and
the Caribbean (ECLAC)

Judy Cheng-Hopkins, Assistant Secretary-General for Peacebuilding Support
Judy Cheng-Hopkins
Peacebuilding Support

Choi Soon-hong, Chief Information Technology Officer
Choi Soon-hong
Information Technology

Helen Clark, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme
Helen Clark
UN Development
Programme (UNDP)

Joan Clos, Executive Director of United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT)
Joan Clos
Human Settlements
(UN-HABITAT)

Radhika Coomaraswamy, Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict
Radhika Coomaraswamy
Children and Armed Conflict

Ertharin Cousin, Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme
Ertharin Cousin
World Food Programme (WFP)

Francis Deng, Special Adviser for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities
Francis Deng
Prevention of Genocide, Mass Atrocities

Cheick Sidi Diarra, Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States
Cheick Sidi Diarra
Least Developed Countries, Landlocked & Small Island Developing States

Yury Fedotov, Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and Director-General of the United Nations Office in Vienna (UNOV)
Yury Fedotov
Director-General (UNOV), Executive Director (UNODC)

António Manuel de Oliveira Guterres, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
António Manuel de Oliveira Guterres
UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR)

Noeleen Heyzer, Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
Noeleen Heyzer
Economic & Social Commission for Asia & Pacific (ESCAP)

Abdoulie Janneh, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)
Abdoulie Janneh
Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)

Angela Kane, High Representative for Disarmament
Angela Kane
Disarmament

Rima Khalaf, Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA)
Rima Khalaf
Economic & Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA)

Kim Won-soo, Deputy Chef de Cabinet and Special Adviser to the Secretary-General
Kim Won-soo
Deputy Chef de Cabinet

Hervé Ladsous, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations
Hervé Ladsous
Peacekeeping Operations

Anthony Lake, Executive Director of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Anthony Lake
UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)

Susana Malcorra, Chef de Cabinet
Susana Malcorra
Chef de Cabinet

Vijay Nambiar, Special Adviser on Myanmar
Vijay Nambiar
Special Adviser on Myanmar

Patricia O’Brien, Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs
Patricia O’Brien
Legal Affairs

Robert C. Orr, Assistant Secretary-General for Strategic Planning and Policy Coordination
Robert C. Orr
Policy Planning

Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
Babatunde Osotimehin
UN Population Fund (UNFPA)

Supachai Panitchpakdi, Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
Supachai Panitchpakdi
UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

B. Lynn Pascoe, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs
B. Lynn Pascoe
Political Affairs

Navanethem (Navi) Pillay, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Navanethem (Navi) Pillay
Human Rights

Sha Zukang, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs
Sha Zukang
Economic and Social Affairs

Muhammad Shaaban, Under-Secretary-General for General Assembly Affairs and Conference Management
Muhammad Shaaban
General Assembly Affairs & Conference Management

Gregory B. Starr, Under-Secretary-General for Safety and Security
Gregory B. Starr
Safety and Security

Achim Steiner, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Achim Steiner
UN Environment Programme (UNEP)

Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Director-General of United Nations Office at Geneva
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
UN Office at Geneva

Margot Wallström, Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict
Margot Wallström
Sexual Violence in Conflict

Sahle-Work Zewde, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Nairobi (UNON)
Sahle-Work Zewde
UN Office at Nairobi (UNON)

Carman L. Lapointe, Under-Secretary-General for Internal Oversight Services
Carman L. Lapointe
Observer
Internal Oversight Services (Reports directly to the General Assembly, not the Secretary-General)