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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

Special and Personal Representatives and
Envoys 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)
   
  Special Adviser to the Secretary-General Edward Luck
(United States)
Office of the Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide 21 February 2008
Alliance of Civilizations High Representative of the Secretary-General for the Alliance of Civilizations Jorge Sampaio
(Portugal)
United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) 26 April 2006
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 Radhika Coomaraswamy
(Sri Lanka)
  7 February 2006
Climate Change Special Envoys of the Secretary-General on Climate Change Gro Harlem Brundtland
(Norway)
Ricardo Lagos Escobar
(Chile)
Festus Mogae
(Botswana)
Srgjan Kerim
(former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia)
 

1 May 2007


1 May 2007

18 September 2008

18 September 2008

Disaster Reduction Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the implementation of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction Vacant    
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
HIV/AIDS in Africa Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for HIV/AIDS in Africa Elizabeth Mataka
(Botswana)
  21 May 2007
HIV/AIDS in Asia and in the Pacific Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for HIV/AIDS in Asia and in the Pacific Nafis Sadik
(Pakistan)
  24 May 2002
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 Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for HIV/AIDS in Eastern Europe Vacant    
Human Rights and the Business Community Special Representative of the Secretary-General on the Issue of Human Rights and Transnational Corporations and other Business Enterprises John Ruggie
(United States)
Human Rights Council 28 July 2005
Human Rights for Internally Displaced Persons Representative of the Secretary-General on the Human Rights for Internally Displaced Persons Walter Kälin
(Switzerland)
Human Rights Council 21 September 2004
Human Security Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Human Security Yukio Takasu
(Japan)
  10 December 2010
Malaria Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Malaria Ray Chambers
(United States)
  14 February 2008
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 Francis Deng
(Sudan)
Office of the Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide 29 May 2007
Sexual Violence in Conflict Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict Margot Wallström
(Sweden)
  2 February 2010
[S/2010/63]
[S/2010/62]
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
Tuberculosis Special Envoy of the Secretary-General to Stop Tuberculosis Jorge Sampaio
(Portugal)
  12 May 2006
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