The President of the General Assembly is committed to upholding full respect for balanced gender and geographical representation in the Office, with the aim of securing equal opportunities for women and men from all regional groups and bearing in mind the need to secure the highest standards of efficiency, competence and integrity.

The Office currently has 42 team members, including the PGA Fellows, of which 26 are women (62%).

 

Office of the President of the General Assembly for the Seventy-Seventh Session 

Staff Directory   

Positions funded by the regular budget 

 

 Name  Team/Position  Level 
1  H.E. Mr. László Szőke                           Chef de Cabinet  D2 
2  Mr. Fernando A. Marani  Deputy Chef de Cabinet  D2 
3  Ms. Éva Schäfer  Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs / Deputy Team Leader  P5 
4  Ms. Adél Hriczu               Special Assistant to the PGA  P4 
5  Ms. Yuan Cheng   Administrative Assistant  G5 

 

Secondments from UN Departments and other entities 
  Name  Team/Position  Level/Seconded by 
1  Mr. Johannes Cullmann           Chief Scientific Adviser  D2 – WMO 
2  Ms. Paulina Kubiak                        Communication and Media Team / Team Leader and Spokesperson  P4 – DGC 
3  Ms. Tara Khan   Administrative Assistant  G5 – DGACM 
4  Mr. Richard Arnold  Administrative Assistant  G6 – DGACM 
Note: WMO = World Meteorological Organization, DGC = Department of Global Communication, DGACM = Department of General Assembly and Conference Management 

 

Secondments from Member States 
  Name  Team / Position  Seconded by 
1  Ms. Husniyya Mammadova     Deputy Chef de Cabinet for Economy and Energy / Sustainable Development Team Leader  Azerbaijan 
2  Ms. Janina Hasse-Mohsine  Political Affairs, Peace and Security / Team Leader  Germany 
3  Ms. Madiusca Batista  Political Affairs, Peace and Security / Deputy Team Leader  Dominican Republic 
4  Mr. Fahad Mohammad Alajmi  Political Affairs, Peace and Security / Adviser  Kuwait 
5  Ms. Zsofia Havasi  Political Affairs, Peace and Security / Adviser  Hungary 
6  Ms. Agnes Ali-Harm  Sustainable Development / Deputy Team Leader  Fiji 
7  Ms. Dijana Delaye  Sustainable Development / Senior Adviser  Croatia 
8  Mr. Shaoxuan Liu   Sustainable Development / Senior Adviser  China 
9  Ms. Veronika Csiszár  Sustainable Development / Senior Adviser  Hungary 
10  Ms. Sneha Dubey  Sustainable Development / Adviser  India 
11  Mr. Ali Al-Hashmi  Sustainable Development / Adviser  Qatar 
12  Mr. Fernando de la Mora   Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs / Team Leader  Mexico 
13  Ms. Sim Mellouh  Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs / Senior Adviser  Algeria 
14  Ms. Isabel Avomo Sima  Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs / Adviser  Equatorial Guinea 
15  Ms. Bogna Ruminowicz  Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs / Adviser  Poland 
16  Ms. Zeynep Çelikel  Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs / Adviser  Turkey 
17  Ms. Sarah Weiss Ma’udi   Legal Affairs, Budget and UN Reform / Deputy Team Leader  Israel 
18  Mr. Adib Abdurrohman   Legal Affairs, Budget and UN Reform / Adviser  Indonesia 
19  Ms. Judit Czikó  Legal Affairs, Budget and UN Reform / Adviser  Hungary 
20. Ms. Sarolta Margit Ujváry Sustainable Development/ Adviser Hungary

 

Positions funded by the OPGA Trust Fund 
  Name  Team/Position  Level 
1  Ms. Katherine Stephan            Communication and Media Team / Speechwriter  P3 
2  Mr. Peter Stone  Legal Affairs, Budget and UN Reform / Team Leader   P5 
3  Mr. Shojiro Nishimura   Legal Affairs, Budget and UN Reform / Senior Adviser  P5 
4  Ms. Alissa Collins                       Communication and Media Team / Deputy Team Leader  Level C Consultant 
5  Mr. Steven Philip                      Communication and Media Team / Adviser  Level B Consultant 
6  Ms. Iseult McNulty                   Communication and Media Team / Speechwriter  Level B Consultant 
7  Mr. Shane Dowling  Political Affairs, Peace and Security / Adviser  Level B Consultant 
8  Ms. Carolina Popovici  Political Affairs, Peace and Security / Adviser  Level C Consultant 

 

President of General Assembly Fellows funded by the OPGA Trust Fund 
  Name  Position  Nationality 
1  Ms. Syuzanna Martirosyan  Fellow  Armenia 
2  Mr. Mmoloki Tsheole  Fellow  Botswana 
3  Ms. Aimé Triana Sevajanes  Fellow  Cuba 
4  Mr. Amr Danyal Shamun            Fellow  Maldives 
5  Ms. Nathalie Gasaro  Fellow  Rwanda 
6  Mr. Gerard Tuii Anapu  Fellow  Samoa