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Special and Personal Representatives,
Envoys and Advisers of the Secretary-General

Africa

Country/Region	Title	Name (Country)	Organization	Date of Appointment
Africa	Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Africa, OSAA	Maged Abdelaziz (Egypt)	UN Office of the Special Adviser on Africa (OSAA)	8 March 2012
	High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States, UN-OHRLLS	Gyan Chandra Acharya (Nepal)	UN Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and the Small Island Developing States (UN-OHRLLS)	5 September 2012
African Union	Special Representative of the Secretary-General to the African Union, UNOAU	Haile Menkerios (South Africa)	United Nations Office to the African Union (UNOAU)	17 May 2013 [S/2013/293] [S/2013/292]
Burundi	Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of BNUB	Parfait Onanga-Anyanga (Gabon)	United Nations Office in Burundi (BNUB)	7 June 2012 [S/2012/398] [S/2012/397]
	Deputy Special Representative and UN Resident Coordinator, Resident Representative and Humanitarian Coordinator for Burundi, BNUB	Rosine Sori-Coulibaly (Burkina Faso)	United Nations Office in Burundi (BNUB)	5 May 2011
Central Africa	Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNOCA	Abou Moussa (Chad)	United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA)	14 March 2011 [S/2011/131] [S/2011/130]
Central African Republic	Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of BINUCA	Margaret Vogt (Nigeria)	United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in the Central African Republic (BINUCA )	19 May 2011 [S/2011/292] [S/2011/291]
	Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General in the Central African Republic and UN Resident Coordinator, Humanitarian Coordinator and Resident Representative, BINUCA	Kaarina Immonen(Finland)	United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in the Central African Republic (BINUCA)	11 December 2012
Côte d'Ivoire	Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Côte d'Ivoire and Head of UNOCI	Aïchatou Mindaoudou Souleymane (Niger)	United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI)	17 May 2013 [S/2013/291] [S/2013/290]
	Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Côte d'Ivoire, UNOCI	Arnauld Antoine Akodjènou (Benin)	United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI)	10 June 2011
	Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Humanitarian Coordination, Recovery and Reconstruction, UNOCI	Ndolamb Ngokwey (DRC)	United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI)	9 July 2010
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Head of MONUSCO	Roger Meece (United States)	United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO)	1 July 2010 [S/2010/304] [S/2010/303]
	Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the Democratic Republic of the Congo, UN Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator, MONUSCO	Moustapha Soumaré (Mali)	United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO)	1 October 2012
	Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rule of Law, MONUSCO	Abdallah Wafy, (Niger)	United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO)	29 May 2013
Equatorial Guinea and Gabon	Special Adviser to the Secretary-General and Mediator in the border dispute between Equatorial Guinea and Gabon	Nicolas Michel (Switzerland)		17 September 2008
The Great Lakes region	Special Envoy of the Secretary-General to the Great Lakes Region	Mary Robinson (Ireland)		18 March 2013
	Special Advisor to the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General to the Great Lakes Region	Modibo Touré (Mali)		29 April 2013
Guinea-Bissau	Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNIOGBIS	José Ramos-Horta (Timor-Leste)	United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau (UNIOGBIS)	1 January 2013 [S/2012/974] [S/2012/973]
Liberia	Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Liberia and Head of UNMIL	Karin Landgren (Sweden)	United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL)	27 April 2012 [S/2012/267] [S/2012/266]
	Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Operations and Rule of Law, UNMIL	Tamrat Samuel	United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL)	7 February 2013
	Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Recovery and Governance, [Resident Coordinator, Humanitarian Coordinator/ Resident Representative], UNMIL	Aeneas Chapinga Chuma (Zimbabwe)	United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL)	27 November 2012
Libya	Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNSMIL	Tarek Mitri (Lebanon)	United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL)	15 October 2012 [S/2012/700] [S/2012/699]
	Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General, Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator, UNSMIL	Georg Charpentier (Finland)	United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL)	19 September 2011 [S/2011/588] [S/2011/587]
Mali	Special representative of the Secretary-General and Head of Mission, MINUSMA	Albert Gerard (Bert) Koenders (Netherlands)	United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA)	17 May 2013 [S/2013/286] [S/2013/285]
Sahel	Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Sahel	Romano Prodi (Italy)		9 October 2012 [S/2012/751] [S/2012/750]
Sierra Leone	Executive Representative of the Secretary-General for the UN Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Sierra Leone	Jens Anders Toyberg-Frandzen (Denmark)	United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Sierra Leone (UNIPSIL)	4 May 2012 [S/2012/292] [S/2012/291]
Somalia	Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia and Head of Mission,  UNSOM	Nicholas Kay (United Kingdom)	United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM)	3 June 2013 [S/2013/252] [S/2013/251]
Sudan and South Sudan	Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Sudan and South Sudan	Haile Menkerios (South Africa)		29 July 2011 [S/2011/475] [S/2011/474]
South Sudan	Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNMISS	Hilde Johnson (Norway)	United Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan (UNMISS)	8 July 2011 [S/2011/362] [S/2011/361]
	Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General,  UNMISS	Raisedon Zenenga (Zimbabwe)	United Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan (UNMISS)	13 January 2012
	Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Resident Coordinator, Humanitarian Coordinator and Resident Representative, UNMISS	Toby Lanzer (United Kingdom)	United Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan (UNMISS)	27 July 2012
Sudan/Abyei	Head of Mission and Force Commander,  UNISFA	Major General Yohannes Gebremeskel Tesfamariam (Ethiopia)	United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA)	11 March 2013 [S/2013/147] [S/2013/146]
Sudan/Darfur	Joint African Union-United Nations Special Representative for Darfur, Head of UNAMID and Joint Chief Mediator	Mohamed Ibn Chambas (Ghana)	African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID)	1 April 2013 [S/2012/944] [S/2012/943]
	Deputy Joint Special Representative for Political Affairs, UNAMID	Vacant	AU-UN Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID)
	Deputy Joint Special Representative for Operations and Management, UNAMID	Mohamed Yonis (Somalia)	AU-UN Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID)	4 September 2009
West Africa	Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNOWA	Said Djinnit (Algeria)	United Nations Office for West Africa (UNOWA)	28 February 2008 [S/2008/128] [S/2008/127]
Western Sahara	Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Western Sahara and Head of MINURSO	Wolfgang Weisbrod-Weber (Germany)	United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO)	15 June 2012 [S/2012/442] [S/2012/441]
	Personal Envoy of the Secretary-General for Western Sahara	Christopher Ross (United States)		6 January 2009 [S/2009/19] [S/2009/20]