Mirjana Spoljaric Egger

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Mirjana Spoljaric Egger is a Swiss diplomat . She is Associate Secretary General and Deputy Administrator at the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and Director of the UNDP Regional Office for Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States. She was appointed to this position by the United Nations Secretary-General in August 2018 and took office in October 2018.

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Mirjana Spoljaric Egger studied philosophy , economics and international law at the University of Basel and the University of Geneva . She finished her studies with a master's degree . She then worked as a research assistant at the Law Faculty of the University of Basel. In 2000 she joined the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs , where she held various positions, including in Bern and New York . From 2004 to 2006 she taught in the Sociology Department at the University of Lucerne on the subject of global governance . She is married and has two kids.

As part of her diplomatic career, she initially worked in the Swiss embassy in Cairo and was desk officer for the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and Nuclear Safety in Central and Eastern Europe. From 2010 to 2012 Mirjana Spoljaric was a Senior Adviser at the office of the UN Commissioner General for the United Nations Aid for Palestine Refugees and Refugees (UNRWA) in Amman .

Most recently she was ambassador, head of the United Nations and International Organizations Department. She represented Switzerland in the negotiations on UN reforms and the UN budget, in the Security Council, in the General Assembly, in the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations , in the Peacebuilding Commission, in the Human Rights Council and in the UN Office for Drugs and fighting crime.

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  1. ↑ Ambassador Mirjana Spoljaric Egger appointed Assistant Secretary General at UNDP. In: admin.ch - The Federal Council. The portal of the Swiss government. Federal Chancellery of Switzerland, accessed on April 30, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Mobilizing UNESCO Chairs in Natural Sciences for Policy Action towards the 2030 Agenda. Mirjana Soljaric. In: unesco.org. Accessed April 30, 2020 (English).
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SURNAME Spoljaric Egger, Mirjana
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Spoljaric, Mirjana
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss diplomat, assistant general secretary and deputy administrator of UNDP
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century