Ján Kubiš is a Slovak diplomat and former Minister of Foreign Affairs. He was appointed as United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon in 2019 by the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres,and as head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya in January 2021.
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 for Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO),it was created on 1 January 2019 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 politician and diplomat who is currently serving as the executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. She was Mexican Ambassador to Austria,Germany,Slovenia and Slovakia and served as Secretary of Foreign Affairs in the cabinet of President Felipe Calderón.
María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés is an Ecuadorian politician and diplomat. She was the President of the United Nations General Assembly for the 73rd session,office which started in September 2018. She was Minister of National Defense of Ecuador from 28 November 2012 to 23 September 2014. Previously,she served as Minister of Foreign Affairs under President Lenín Moreno from May 2017 to June 2018. She also held several other Ministerial posts before. She served as the Permanent Representative of Ecuador to the United Nations in Geneva from October 2014 to May 2017,and held the same position from 2008 to 2009. Besides her political career she is also a poet and essayist.
Atul Khare is a 1984 batch Indian Foreign Service officer and the current Under-Secretary General for Operational Support UN Department of Operational Support.
Jan Margaret Beagle is a diplomat from New Zealand who has been serving as the Director-General of the International Development Law Organization (IDLO) since 2020. From 2017 until 2019,she was the Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations for Management,appointed to this position by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on 1 June 2017. She then served as Special Advisor to the Secretary-General on Systemwide Implementation of Chief Executive Board decisions.
Irina Georgieva Bokova is a Bulgarian politician and the former Director-General of UNESCO (2009–2017). During her political and diplomatic career in Bulgaria,she served,among others,two terms as a member of the National parliament,and deputy minister of foreign affairs and minister of foreign affairs ad interim under Prime Minister Zhan Videnov. She also served as Bulgaria's ambassador to France and to Monaco,and was Bulgaria's Permanent Delegate to UNESCO. Bokova was also the personal representative of Bulgaria's President to the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (2005–2009).
Filippo Grandi is an Italian diplomat and United Nations official,current United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
Ambassador Ersin Erçin is a senior Turkish diplomat,with an extensive experience in multilateral diplomacy particularly on matters of international,Euro-Atlantic and Eurasian security,disarmament,and economic and environmental security.
The Permanent Mission of France to the United Nations is the diplomatic mission of the French Republic to the United Nations in New York. As such,it reports to the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs.
Peter Maurer is a Swiss diplomat who has been serving as the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) since 1 July 2012. Maurer was born in Thun,Switzerland.
Amina Jane Mohammed is a Nigerian diplomat and politician who is serving as the fifth Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations. Previously,she was Nigerian Minister of Environment from 2015 to 2016 and was a key player in the Post-2015 Development Agenda process.
Roberto Carvalho de Azevêdo is a Brazilian career diplomat who served as Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) from 2013 until 2020. Since 2020,he has been Executive Vice President and Director of Corporate Affairs at PepsiCo.
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.
Miguel de Serpa Soares is a Portuguese lawyer who has been serving as the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and United Nations Legal Counsel. He was appointed to this position by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on 7 August 2013.
Sigrid Agnes Maria Kaag is a Dutch diplomat and politician,serving as the leader of the Democrats 66 since 4 September 2020. She previously served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 25 May 2021 until 17 September 2021 and Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation from 26 October 2017 until 10 August 2021 in the Third Rutte cabinet.
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.
Ing. Oľga Algayerová,MBA,M.A. is a Slovak diplomat and the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. She replaced Christian Friis Bach of Denmark.
Sergiy Kyslytsya is a Ukrainian career diplomat,who serves as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine,and Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations. He had previously served as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine (2014–2020).
Ghada Fathi Waly is an Egyptian politician who has been serving as the Director-General/ Executive Director of the United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV)/ United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) since 2020,following her appointment by Secretary-General António Guterres. She holds the rank of Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations.
