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Pages in category "Special Envoys of the Secretary-General of the United Nations" The following 59 pages are in this category, out of 59 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Jamal Benomar: The first Special Envoy to Yemen was Jamal Benomar who began representing the Secretary General in Yemen during the summer of 2011 but was only formally appointed as a Special Envoy on 1 August 2012. [2] Benomar is from Morocco. Benomar was credited with helping Yemen avert civil war in 2011 and for helping organise the National ...
[2] He was killed in the Canal Hotel bombing in Iraq along with 20 other members of his staff on 19 August 2003 while working as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, with the rank of Under-Secretary-General, and United Nations Special Representative for Iraq. Before his death, he was considered a likely candidate for UN Secretary-General.
Staffan de Mistura (ITA) was appointed the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria on 10 July 2014. [12] Said Djinnit was appointed the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General to the Great Lakes Region on 17 July 2014 [13] Martin Griffiths served as Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen during 16 February 2018 to 19 July 2021
In May 2016, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appointed Kamau and Mary Robinson, the former president of Ireland, as Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on El Niño and Climate, tasking them with calling attention to the 60 million people around the world affected by severe El Niño-linked drought and climate impacts and ...
Established in 2008, the first two U.S. Representatives held the title of Special Envoy and were based in Washington, D.C. After five years without a permanent representative, starting in 2020 the U.S. Consul General in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia was given the concurrent accreditation as official U.S. Representative to the OIC.
These officials typically report directly to the United States Secretary of State. They normally require confirmation by the U.S. Senate. They normally require confirmation by the U.S. Senate. In some cases, when the incumbents have received earlier Senate confirmation to serve as an ambassador, that is not done.
The office was established by the Global Antisemitism Review Act of 2004 and is headed by the Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating Antisemitism (SEAS), who reports to the U.S. Secretary of State. Congressional staffer Gregg Rickman was sworn in as the first Special Envoy in 2006.