Atul Khare

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Atul Khare (born in 1959) is a career international diplomat and civil servant who currently serves as Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations in UN Department of Operational Support and previously as Under Secretary General in United Nations Department of Field Support and Assistant Secretary General for UN Peacekeeping Operations.

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He also previously served as Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Timor-Leste and Head of the United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) at the level of Under-Secretary-General (2006-2009), working earlier as Chief of Staff and Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General with the United Nations Mission of Support to East Timor (UNMISET).

Early life and education

He was born in a religious Chitraguptvanshi Kayastha family and did his schooling from Kendriya Vidyalaya, Doranda, Ranchi. Passed out in 1975, with an all India rank in Higher Secondary Board Exam.[ citation needed ] He obtained a master's degrees in business administration and in leadership from the University of Southern Queensland, an advanced diploma (with distinction) in French from the Indian Defence School of Languages, a Bachelor of Medicine and a Bachelor of Surgery (with honours) from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences. [1]

Diplomatic career

Khare started his career as an Indian diplomat in 1984. He has served in various capacities in the Indian Foreign Service, including as Deputy High Commissioner of India to Mauritius, Counsellor at the Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations in New York and Chargé d'affaires of the Indian Embassy in Senegal with concurrent accreditation to Mali, Mauritania, Gambia, Guinea Bissau and Cape Verde. He was Chef de Cabinet of the Foreign Secretary of India and of Director of the United Nations Division in the Ministry of External Affairs in New Delhi and served as Director of the Nehru Centre and Minister (Culture) of the High Commission of India to the United Kingdom from 2005.[ citation needed ]

Career at the United Nations

Khare has served the United Nations in various capacities. He served as Chief of Staff and Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General with the United Nations Mission of Support to East Timor (UNMISET) from June 2002 until its completion in May 2005. In December 2006, Khare was appointed as the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT), serving until December 2009. [2] From 2010 to 2011, Khare served as the Deputy Head of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations in New York. [3]

On 1 June 2011 UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appointed Khare to spearhead efforts to implement a reform agenda aimed at streamlining and improving the efficiency of the world body. [4] [5] Khare, led the Change Management Team (CMT) at the UN, working with both departments and offices within the Secretariat and with other bodies in the UN system and the 193 member states. The CMT was tasked with guiding the implementation of a reform agenda at the UN that started with the devising of a wide-ranging plan to streamline activities, increase accountability and ensure the organization is more effective and efficient in delivering its many mandates. [6]

Atul Khare was appointed United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Field Support on 7 January 2015. [7] In early 2017, UN Secretary-General António Guterres appointed Khare to the 9-member High-Level Task Force to Improve the United Nations Approach for Preventing and Addressing Sexual Abuse. [8]

Other activities

Honours

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References

  1. ↑ "Under-Secretary-General for Operational Support". United Nations Secretary-General. Archived from the original on 3 July 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
  2. ↑ "SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS ATUL KHARE OF INDIA AS NEW SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR TIMOR-LESTE".
  3. ↑ "Mr. Atul Khare of India - Under-Secretary-General for Field Support".
  4. ↑ "Ban appoints experienced UN official to lead change management team". United Nations. 1 June 2011.
  5. ↑ "UN Secretary General Ban appoints Atul Khare of India to be the leader of his change management team". United Nations. 1 June 2011.
  6. ↑ "UN change management team: Spearheaded by Atul Khare". Deccan Herald. 1 June 2011.
  7. ↑ "Secretary-General Appoints Atul Khare of India Under-Secretary-General for Field Support". United Nations.
  8. ↑ Secretary-General Creates High-Level Task Force to Improve United Nations Approach for Preventing, Addressing Sexual Abuse United Nations, press release of January 6, 2017.
  9. ↑ Members International Gender Champions (IGC).
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