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. George H.W. Bush, the 41st president of the United States, was chosen by the UN to serve as the special envoy to South Asia in December 2005. Others include 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.[2] 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.

See also

References
  1. "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.
  2. "Home". The Office of the UN Special Envoy for Global Education.
  3. "General George C. Marshall's Mission to China, 1945-1947". www.gale.com. Retrieved 2018-02-27.
  4. "Shri Virendra Dayal - IHF profile". Indian Harmony Foundation. 2016. Retrieved May 21, 2016.
  5. "Middle Eastern Special and Personal Representatives, Envoys and Advisers of the Secretary-General". United Nations. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  6. "SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS GEORGE H.W. BUSH AS SPECIAL ENVOY FOR SOUTH ASIAN EARTHQUAKE".
  7. "African Special and Personal Representatives, Envoys and Advisers of the Secretary-General". United Nations. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  8. "Ms. María Soledad Cisternas Reyes of Chile - Special Envoy on Disability and Accessibility". United Nations Secretary-General. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
  9. "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.
  10. "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.
  11. "Secretary-General Appoints Michael R. Bloomberg of United States Special Envoy for Climate Action | Meetings Coverage and Press Releases". www.un.org.
  12. https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/sg/personnel-appointments/2020-02-04/mr-mahmoud-mohieldin-of-egypt-special-envoy-financing-the-2030-agenda. Missing or empty |title= (help)


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