Special Envoy of the Secretary-General
A Special Envoy of the Secretary-General (SESG) is a senior United Nations official appointed by the United Nations Secretary-General to deal with a set of specific issues.
Examples include the SESGs on Children affected by Armed Conflict, on HIV/AIDS in Africa, on LRA-affected areas, on indigenous people, to a specific country etc. Bill Clinton,[1] a former president of the United States, was named the special envoy to Haiti in 2009, and for much of 2012 Kofi Annan, the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations, was Joint Special Representative for the United Nations and the Arab League for Syria. In July 2012, Gordon Brown, a former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, was named the special envoy on Global Education. There are many other people of different backgrounds who serve the Secretary-General.
List of Special Envoys
The UN has appointed a number of Special Envoys.
- George C. Marshall was appointed the Special Envoy for negotiating the Communist Party of China and the Nationalists (Kuomintang) into a unified government in 1945.[2]
- Virendra Dayal was appointed the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for facilitating the Negotiations to end apartheid in South Africa in 1992.[3]
- Terje Roed-Larsen was appointed the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1559 (January 3, 2005)[4]
- Bill Clinton was appointed the Special Envoy for Haiti in May 2009.[1]
- Haile Menkerios was appointed the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Sudan and South Sudan on July 29, 2011.[5]
- Maria Soledad Cisternas Reyes was appointed the Special Envoy on Disability and Accessibility on June 20, 2017.[6]
- Han Seung-soo was appointed the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction and Water on December 19, 2013.[7]
- Hiroute Guebre Sellassie was appointed the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Sahel on April 30, 2014[5]
- Staffan de Mistura was appointed the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria on July 10, 2014.[4]
- Said Djinnit was appointed the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General to the Great Lakes Region on 17 July 2014.[5]
- Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed was appointed the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen on April 25, 2015.[4]
- Macharia Kamau and Mary Robinson were appointed as Special Envoys of the Secretary-General for El Niño and Climate on May 20, 2016. .[8]
See also
References
- 1 2 "The Special Envoy of the Secretary General of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti". United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
- ↑ "General George C. Marshall's Mission to China, 1945-1947". www.gale.com. Retrieved 2018-02-27.
- ↑ "Shri Virendra Dayal - IHF profile". Indian Harmony Foundation. 2016. Retrieved May 21, 2016.
- 1 2 3 "Middle Eastern Special and Personal Representatives, Envoys and Advisers of the Secretary-General". United Nations. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
- 1 2 3 "African Special and Personal Representatives, Envoys and Advisers of the Secretary-General". United Nations. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
- ↑ "Ms. María Soledad Cisternas Reyes of Chile - Special Envoy on Disability and Accessibility". United Nations Secretary-General. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
- ↑ "Secretary-General Appoints Han Seung-Soo of Republic of Korea Special Envoy on Disaster Risk Reduction and Water" (Press release). United Nations. 19 December 2013.
- ↑ "Secretary-General Appoints Mary Robinson of Ireland, Macharia Kamau of Kenya Special Envoys on El Niño and Climate" (Press release). United Nations. 20 May 2016.