UN special envoy
A UN special envoy ( Special Representative of the Secretary-General ) is an expert of the UN Secretary-General is appointed to represent the Secretary-General and with it the moral authority of the international community in conflict. The UN Special Representative carries out state visits, investigations and negotiations on behalf of the United Nations .
The situation is similar with UN Special Envoy ( Special Envoy of the Secretary General ) and UN special advisers ( Special Advisor ).
Current UN Special Envoy and Envoy
Africa
- Haile Menkerios , UN Special Envoy for the African Union (AU)
- François Louncény Fall , UN special envoy for Central Africa
- Parfait Onanga-Anyanga , UN special envoy for the Central African Republic and head of MINUSCA
- Maman Sambo Sidikou , UN Special Envoy for the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Head of MONUSCO
- Said Djinnit , UN Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region
- Modibo Touré , UN special envoy and head of UNIOGBIS in Guinea-Bissau
- Farid Zarif , UN Special Envoy for Liberia and Head of UNMIL
- Stephanie Turco Williams , ad interim UN Special Envoy and Head of UNSMIL in Libya
- Mahamat Saleh Annadif , UN special envoy and head of MINUSMA in Mali
- Michael Keating, UN special envoy for Somalia and head of UNSOM
- Nicholas Haysom , UN Special Envoy for Sudan and South Sudan
- David Shearer , UN Special Envoy and Head of UNMISS in South Sudan
- Jeremiah Nyamane Kingsley Mamabolo , Joint Special Envoy for the African Union and the United Nations for Hybrid Operations in Darfur, Head of UNAMID and Joint Mediator
- Mohammed Ibn Chambas , UN special envoy and head of UNOWAS in West Africa
- Kim Bolduc , UN special envoy for Western Sahara and head of MINURSO
America
- Benito Andión , UN special envoy for El Salvador
- Jean Arnault , UN special envoy for Colombia and head of the UN mission in Colombia
- Sandra Honoré , UN special envoy and head of MINUSTAH in Haiti
- Josette Sheeran , UN Special Envoy for Haiti
Asia and Oceania
- Tadamichi Yamamoto , UN special envoy for Afghanistan and head of UNAMA
- Christine Schraner Burgener , UN special envoy for Myanmar
- Petko Draganov , UN Special Envoy and Head of UNRCCA in Central Asia
Europe
- Elizabeth Spehar , UN Special Envoy and Head of UNFICYP in Cyprus
- Zahir Tanin , UN special envoy and head of UNMIK in Kosovo
Middle East
- Ján Kubiš , UN special envoy for Iraq and head of UNAMI
- Jeffrey D. Feltman , UN Special Envoy for Political Affairs and for Implementation of UNSC Resolution 1559 ( Lebanon )
- Staffan de Mistura , UN Special Envoy for Syria
- Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed , UN Special Envoy for Yemen
Thematically
- Leilani Farha , UN special envoy on the right to housing
- Virginia Gamba , UN special envoy on children and armed conflict
- Michael Bloomberg , UN Special Envoy on Cities and Climate Change
- nn UN Special Envoy for Disability and Accessibility
- Robert Glasser , UN Special Representative for the Implementation of the International Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction ( UNISDR )
- Han Seung-soo , UN Special Envoy for Disaster Risk Reduction and Water
- Gordon Brown , UN Special Envoy for Global Education
- nn UN Special Envoy on HIV / AIDS in Asia and the Pacific
- nn UN Special Envoy for HIV / AIDS in the Caribbean
- nn UN Special Envoy for HIV / AIDS in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
- Louise Arbor , UN Special Envoy on International Migration
- Ray Chambers , UN Special Envoy on Malaria and Funding the Millennium Development Goals in Health
- nn UN special envoy for migration
- Jean Todt , Special Envoy for Road Safety
- Pramila Patten , UN special envoy on sexual violence in conflict
- Jorge Chediek , UN envoy for South-South cooperation
- Damilola Ogunbiyi , UN Special Envoy for "Sustainable Energy for All"
- Eric Goosby , UN Special Envoy for the Stop Tuberculosis Initiative
- Michael Adlerstein , UN Special Representative of the Secretary General for the United Nations International School (UNIS)
- Marta Santos Pais , UN special envoy on violence against children
- Jayathma Wickramanayake , UN envoy for youth
- Werner Faymann , UN Special Envoy of the Secretary General for Youth Employment
- nn Secretary-General's UN Special Envoy for Young Refugees and Sport
Former UN special envoy (excerpt)
- Martti Ahtisaari , for Namibia
- Jan Pronk , for Sudan
- Sérgio Vieira de Mello , for the United Nations Interim Administration for East Timor
- Jean Arnault , for the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan
- Jacques Paul Klein , for the United Nations Mission in Liberia
- Bernard Kouchner
- Hans Hækkerup
- Michael Steiner , for the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (2002–2003)
- Harri Holkeri
- José Ramos-Horta , UN special envoy for Guinea-Bissau
- Joachim Rücker , for the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (2006–2008)
- Kofi Annan , United Nations and Arab League Special Envoy for Syria
- Ján Kubiš , UN Special Envoy for Iraq (UNAMI)
See also
Web links
- Special and Personal Representatives, Envoys and Advisers of the Secretary-General (English)
- United Nations Regional Information Center for Western Europe (UNRIC)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Africa | United Nations Secretary-General. Retrieved August 20, 2017 .
- ↑ Americas | United Nations Secretary-General. Retrieved August 20, 2017 .
- ↑ The Swiss woman for peace in Myanmar . Article by Fredy Gsteiger and Petra Krimphove from April 17, 2018 on swissinfo.ch
- ^ Asia and the Pacific | United Nations Secretary-General. Retrieved August 20, 2017 .
- ↑ Europe | United Nations Secretary-General. Retrieved August 20, 2017 .
- ↑ Middle East | United Nations Secretary-General. Retrieved August 20, 2017 .
- ↑ Other High Level Appointments | United Nations Secretary-General. Retrieved August 20, 2017 .