Senior Management Group

Structure and Objectives

The Senior Management Group (SMG) is a high-level body, chaired by the Secretary-General, which brings together leaders of United Nations departments, offices, funds and programmes. It is a forum for policy related matters, planning and information sharing with respect to emerging challenges and cross-cutting issues.

Through regular meetings – including video conferencing with United Nations offices in Geneva, Nairobi, Rome, Bangkok, Beirut, Addis Ababa, Santiago and Vienna – the Senior Management Group plays a key role in strategically advancing the work of the United Nations.

Current members

The Senior Management Group is chaired by UN Secretary-General António Guterres, and includes the following members:

 

Amina J. Mohammed
Deputy Secretary-General
Earle Courtenay Rattray
Chef de Cabinet
Guy Bernard Ryder
Under-Secretary-General for Policy
Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana
Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
Rosemary DiCarlo
Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs
Vladimir Ivanovich Voronkov
Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Office
Li Junhua
Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs
Movses Abelian
Under-Secretary-General for General Assembly and Conference Management
Melissa Fleming
Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications
Catherine Pollard
Under-Secretary-General for Management Strategy, Policy and Compliance
Atul Khare
Under-Secretary-General for Operational Support
Elizabeth Mary Spehar
Assistant Secretary-General for Peacebuilding Support
Jean-Pierre François Renaud Lacroix
Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations
Gilles Michaud
Under-Secretary-General for Safety and Security
Martin Griffiths
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator
NAKAMITSU Izumi
High Representative for Disarmament Affairs
Volker Türk
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Fatoumata Ndiaye
Under-Secretary-General for Internal Oversight Services
Miguel de Serpa Soares
Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and UN Legal Counsel
Cristina Isabel Lopes da Silva Monteiro Duarte
Special Adviser on Africa
Alice Wairimu Nderitu
Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide
Virginia Gamba de Potgieter
Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict
Pramila Patten
Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict
Najat Maalla
Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children
Rebeca Grynspan Mayufis
Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
MIZUTORI Mami
Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction
Inger La Cour Andersen
Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme
Maimunah Mohd Sharif
Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme
Ghada Fathy Ismail Waly
Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and Director-General of the United Nations Office at Vienna
Tatiana Valovaya
Director-General of the United Nations at Geneva
Rabab Fatima
High Representative
Zainab Hawa Bangura
Director-General of the United Nations Office at Nairobi
José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs
Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
Rola A. A. H. Dashti
Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia
Achim Steiner
Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme
Natalia Kanem
Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund
Catherine Mary Russell
Executive Director of the United Nations Children's Fund
Cindy H. McCain
Executive Director
Jorge Moreira da Silva
Executive Director, United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS)
Simon Emmanuel Kervin Stiell
Executive Secretary
Filippo Grandi
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Sima Sami Iskandar Bahous
Executive Director of UN-Women
Sanda Ojiambo
Assistant Secretary-General

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