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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

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

Other High Level Appointments

Country/Region Title Name (Country) UN Mission Date of Appointment
  Special Adviser to the Secretary-General Joseph V. Reed
(United States)
   
  Special Adviser to the Secretary-General Iqbal Riza
(Pakistan)
   
Alliance of Civilizations High Representative of the Secretary-General for the Alliance of Civilizations Nassir Abdulaziz al-Nasser
(Qatar)
United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) 1 January 2013
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 Leila Zerrougui
(Algeria)
  1 August 2012
Disaster Reduction Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the implementation of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction Margareta Wahlström
(Sweden)
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) 17 November 2008
Financing for Development Special Adviser on Innovative Financing for Development Philippe Douste-Blazy
(France)
  February 2008
Food Security and Nutrition Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Food Security and Nutrition David Nabarro
(United Kingdom)
  29 October 2009
Global Education Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Global Education Gordon Brown
(United Kingdom)
  13 July 2012
HIV/AIDS in Africa Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for HIV/AIDS in Africa Asha-Rose Migiro
(Tanzania)
  13 July 2012
HIV/AIDS in Asia and in the Pacific Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for HIV/AIDS in Asia and in the Pacific

Prasada Rao V. R. Jonnalagadda
(India)

  July 2012
HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean Region Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean Region Edward Greene
(Gyana)
  November 2011
HIV/AIDS in Eastern Europe and Central Asia Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for HIV/AIDS in Eastern Europe and Central Asia Michel Kazatchkine
(France)
  20 July 2012
Malaria and Financing of Health-related Millennium Development Goals Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Malaria and for the Financing of the Health-related Millennium Development Goals Ray Chambers
(United States)
1 March 2013
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
Prevention of Genocide Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide Adama Dieng
(Senegal)
Office of the Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide 17 July 2012
Post-2015 Development Planning Special Adviser on Post-2015 Development Planning Amina Mohammed
(Nigeria)
7 June 2012
Sexual Violence in Conflict Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict Zainab Hawa Bangura
(Sierra Leone)
  22 June 2012
Sport for Development and Peace Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Sport for Development and Peace Wilfried Lemke (Germany)
UN Office on Sport for Development and Peace (UNOSDP) 18 March 2008
United Nations International School Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the United Nations International School (UNIS) Michael Adlerstein
(United States)
   
Violence Against Children Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence Against Children Marta Santos Pais
(Portugal)
  1 May 2009
World Summit on Information Society Special Adviser of the Secretary-General for Internet Governance Nitin Desai
(India)
  21 July 2003
Youth Envoy of the Secretary-General on Youth Ahmad Alhendawi (Jordan) 17 January 2013