Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Najat Maalla M'jid, Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence Against Children (SRSG/VAC), appointed 30 May 2019 [4] Annadif Mahamat Saleh, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for West Africa and the Sahel and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel, appointed 26 March 2021
Najat Maalla M'jid is a Moroccan pediatrician [1] who serves as the United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children.She was appointed to the role by Secretary-General of the United Nations António Guterres in May 2019.
The resolution recommended that the Secretary-General extend the mandate of the Special Representative on Violence against Children for a further period of three years and decided that "for the effective performance of the mandate and the sustainability of the core activities the mandate of the SRSG shall be funded from the regular budget ...
The introduction, however, was made by Marta Santos Pais, a Portuguese lawyer who has been serving as the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General on Violence against Children. [10] The epilogue was written by Thomas Hammarberg, a former Commissioner for Human Rights in the Council of Europe in Strasbourg.
The Special Representative holds the rank of Under-Secretary-General of the UN and chairs the UN Action Against Sexual Violence in Conflict. [1] The mandate of the SRSG-SVC was established by Security Council Resolution 1888 , introduced by Hillary Clinton , and the first Special Representative, Margot Wallström , took office in 2010.
The Security Council resolution specifically mandates peacekeeping missions to protect women and children from rampant sexual violence during armed conflict, and requested the Secretary-General to appoint a special representative to coordinate a range of mechanisms to fight the crimes.
Virginia Gamba de Potgieter (born 1954) is the Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations for Children and Armed Conflict. She was appointed 12 April 2017 by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres as the replacement for Leila Zerrougui. [1]
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General Pramila Patten chairs the network, which represents an effort by the UN to improve its coordination and accountability, amplify advocacy, and support national efforts to prevent sexual violence and respond effectively to the needs of survivors.