The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) is a department of the United Nations Secretariat that works to promote and protect human rights that are guaranteed under international law and stipulated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948. The office was established by the United Nations General Assembly on 20 December 1993 in the wake of the 1993 World Conference on Human Rights.
The United Nations (UN) is a diplomatic and political international organization with the intended purpose of maintaining international peace and security,developing friendly relations among nations,achieving international cooperation,and serving as a center for coordinating the actions of member nations. It is widely recognised as the world's largest international organization. The UN is headquartered in New York City,in international territory with certain privileges extraterritorial to the United States,and the UN has other offices in Geneva,Nairobi,Vienna,and The Hague,where the International Court of Justice is headquartered at the Peace Palace.
The United Nations Secretariat is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations (UN),The secretariat is the UN's executive arm. The secretariat has an important role in setting the agenda for the deliberative and decision-making bodies of the UN,and the implementation of the decision of these bodies. The secretary-general,who is appointed by the General Assembly,is the head of the secretariat.
Valerie Ann Amos,Baroness Amos,is a British Labour Party politician and diplomat who served as the eighth UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator. Before her appointment to the UN,she served as British High Commissioner to Australia. She was created a life peer in 1997,serving as Leader of the House of Lords and Lord President of the Council from 2003 to 2007.
The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) is a dedicated training arm of the United Nations system. UNITAR provides training and capacity development activities to assist mainly developing countries with special attention to Least Developed Countries (LDCs),Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and other groups and communities who are most vulnerable,including those in conflict situations.
An under-secretary-general of the United Nations (USG) is a senior official within the United Nations System,normally appointed by the General Assembly on the recommendation of the secretary-general for a renewable term of four years. Under-secretary-general is the third highest rank in the United Nations,after the secretary-general and the deputy secretary-general. The rank is held by the heads of different UN entities,certain high officials of the United Nations Secretariat,and high-level envoys. The United Nations regards the rank as equal to that of a cabinet minister of a member state,and under-secretaries-general have diplomatic immunity under the UN Charter.
The Department of Peace Operations (DPO) is a department of the United Nations charged with the planning,preparation,management,and direction of UN peacekeeping operations. Previously known as the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO),it was created in 1992 as part of a restructuring of the UN's peace and security apparatus. The DPO retains the core functions and responsibilities of its predecessor,with a greater emphasis on cohesion,integrating different resources and knowledge,and promoting human rights.
Patricia Espinosa Cantellano is a Mexican diplomat who served as the executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change from 2016 to 2022. She was Secretary of Foreign Affairs in the cabinet of President Felipe Calderón;and served as Mexican Ambassador to Austria,Germany,Slovenia and Slovakia. Because of her diplomatic career,she was appointed Ambassador Emeritus of Mexico in 2012.
The Department of Safety and Security (UNDSS) is a department of the United Nations providing safety and security services for UN agencies and departments as part of the UN Safety Management System. UNDSS reports directly to the Secretary-General. The UNDSS manages a network of security advisers,analysts,officers and coordinators in more than 125 countries in support of around 180,000 United Nations personnel,400,000 dependents,and 4,500 United Nations premises worldwide. The department is led by Under-Secretary-General Gilles Michaud from Canada.
María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés is an Ecuadorian linguist,poet,politician,and diplomat. She served as an advisor on biodiversity and indigenous peoples (1999-2005) and was the regional director for South America (2005-2007) at the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Espinosa Garcés was Ecuador's Minister of Foreign Affairs twice,from 2007 to 2008 and then from 2017 to 2018. She also served as ambassador and permanent representative to the United Nations in New York (2008-2009) and Geneva (2014-2017),and as Ecuador's Minister of National Defense (2012-2014). In June 2018,she was elected President of the United Nations General Assembly for the 73rd session by a two-thirds vote of the member states. Espinosa Garcés became the fourth woman in the seventy-three-year history of the United Nations to be elected President of the General Assembly. Besides her political career,she is also a poet and essayist.
Atul Khare 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.
Rachel N. Mayanja is a Ugandan lawyer and diplomat. Currently,she serves as the United Nations Secretary-General's Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women. She was appointed to that position by the United Nations Secretary-General in 2004. The appointment is at the level of Assistant Secretary-General.
Christopher Bancroft Burnham is an American business executive,public servant,and politician. He is the chairman and chief executive officer of Cambridge Global Capital,LLC and chairman of the board of EN+ Group. He has served as Under Secretary General for Management of the United Nations,Assistant Secretary of State for Resource Management and chief financial officer of the U.S. Department of State. He was a three-term Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives,Connecticut State Treasurer as well as vice chairman of Deutsche Bank Asset Management and global co-head of private equity.
Franziska Katharina Brantner is a German politician of the Green Party who has been serving as a member of the German Parliament since 2013.
The official languages of the United Nations are the six languages used in United Nations (UN) meetings and in which the UN writes all its official documents.
Rosemary Anne DiCarlo is an American diplomat who has served as United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs since May 2018. She previously served as acting United States Ambassador to the United Nations following the resignation of Susan Rice to become the National Security Advisor.
María Aránzazu "Arancha" González Laya is a Spanish lawyer who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs,European Union and Cooperation in the Spanish government of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez from 2020 to 2021. Currently,González is the dean of the Paris School of International Affairs at the elite French university Sciences Po.
Izumi Nakamitsu is a United Nations Under-Secretary-General of Disarmament Affairs from March 29,2017,appointed by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres. She succeeded Kim Won-soo of the Republic of Korea. Prior to this,she served as the Assistant Secretary-General,Assistant Administrator,and Crisis Response Unit leader of the United Nations Development Programme.
Movses Abelian is an Armenian-Georgian diplomat who has served as Under-Secretary-General for General Assembly and Conference Management and Coordinator for Multilingualism in the United Nations Secretariat since 2019.
Elizabeth Mary Spehar is a Canadian diplomat and senior United Nations official. She was appointed as Assistant Secretary-General for Peacebuilding Support in the Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs by UN Secretary General António Guterres on 18 January 2022. She previously held roles as Secretary-General’s Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP),Director of the Policy and Mediation Division in the former Department of Political Affairs,Director for the Americas and Europe Division and Director of the Europe Division in DPA.
