Kofi Atta Annan was a Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN) from 1997 to 2006. Annan and the UN were the co-recipients of the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize. He was the founder and chairman of the Kofi Annan Foundation,as well as chairman of The Elders,an international organisation founded by Nelson Mandela.
Han Seung-soo is a South Korean politician and diplomat. He was Prime Minister of South Korea from 29 February 2008 to 28 September 2009,and was the President of the 56th session of the General Assembly of the United Nations,in 2001 and 2002. Previously,he served as Foreign Minister,Chief Presidential Secretary to Kim Young-sam.
The Global Leadership Foundation (GLF) is a non-profit,non-governmental organization consisting of a network of former heads of state/government and other distinguished leaders,who seek to assist developing countries in improving governance,bolstering democratic institutions,and resolving conflicts. The organization does so by arranging for GLF Members to provide confidential peer-to-peer advice to current heads of governments,who are committed to peace,democracy,and development. The Global Leadership Foundation is active across the world,works via invitation from a head of government,and its work is confidential.
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.
Dr. Paulette A. Bethel is a Bahamian diplomat from the Commonwealth of The Bahamas. She started her professional career in 1980 in the international field as Assistant Social Affairs Officer in the Centre for Social Development and Humanitarian Affairs (CSDHA) in Vienna,Austria. She then joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Bahamas) and served in diplomatic posts for long years for her country. She was a Special Adviser to the Office of the President of the Seventieth session of the United Nations General Assembly. She was previously the Permanent Representative of the Bahamas to the United Nations from 4 March 2003 to 31 March 2013. She was the first female Ambassador of The Bahamas to the United Nations. She had also worked as Director of the Department of Fellowships at the Organization of American States (OAS);the first such position for a national of Bahamas.
John William Ashe was a corrupt Antiguan diplomat and politician. He was the President of the United Nations General Assembly at its 68th session,which ran September 2013 to September 2014. He was also President of the UNICEF Executive Board in 2012. He served as Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York of Antigua and Barbuda between 1995 and 2004.
Johan C. Verbeke is a Belgian diplomat,the former Belgian Ambassador to the United States until 2016.
Srgjan Kerim is a Macedonian diplomat,economist,former Foreign Minister and President of the 62nd Session of the United Nations General Assembly. His term of office began on September 18,2007 and ended on September 16,2008. He is of Macedonian Turkish descent.
Luis Alfonso de Alba Góngora is a Mexican diplomat.
Three United Nations Special Envoys on Climate Change were appointed by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on May 1,2007. The envoys will be engaging in consultations with Governments and other organizations in order to assist the Secretary-General to progress the international negotiations towards a post-Kyoto climate change treaty.
William Braucher Wood is the U.S. Envoy for International Sanctions Implementation at the Department of State. He is a former Ambassador from the United States of America to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and Colombia.
A Special Envoy of the Secretary-General (SESG) is a senior United Nations official appointed by the United Nations Secretary-General to deal with a set of specific issues.
María Emma Mejía Vélez is a Colombian politician,diplomat,and journalist. She was the Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations in New York. She served as Secretary General of the Union of South American Nations,Minister of Foreign Affairs,Minister of Education,Ambassador of Colombia to Spain,and member of the Foreign Affairs Advisory Commission of Colombia. Mejía Vélez was also a peace negotiator with FARC and ELN armed groups. For over a decade,she held the post of Executive Director to the Barefoot Foundation,a non-profit founded by Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira. Mejía Vélez also ran for vice-president and for mayor of Bogotá.
Peter Thomson is a Fijian diplomat and the United Nations Secretary-General's Special Envoy for the Ocean,and President of the United Nations General Assembly from September 2016 until September 2017. He served as Fiji's Permanent Representative to the United Nations February 2010 to August 2017,with concurrent duties as Fiji's Ambassador to Cuba.
Abul Kalam Abdul Momen is a Bangladeshi economist,diplomat,politician and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh. He was Bangladesh's Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York from August 2009 to October 2015. He won the 2018 Bangladeshi general election from Sylhet-1 constituency. In 2019,he was appointed the minister of foreign affairs of the Government of Bangladesh.
Azerbaijan has been a member in the United Nations since March 2,1992,after the UN General Assembly admitted Azerbaijan at its 46th session. The Permanent Mission of the Republic of Azerbaijan was opened in New York City in May 1992. On October 29,1991,soon after gaining independence from the Soviet Union,Azerbaijan applied to the UN General Assembly for joining the organization. Azerbaijan was elected as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council for the term of 2012-2013. Through the UN,Azerbaijan has reached out to the international community,especially Europe. Azerbaijan strengthened its relations with the UN by cooperating with UN agencies and bodies such as International Monetary Fund,the World Bank,the World Food Programme,and the financial institutions of the UN.
The Republic of Kazakhstan became a member of the United Nations on March 2,1992. Kazakhstan was elected to serve on the UN Security Council for the 2017–2018 term. UN Secretary-General António Guterres in remarks to the UNSC recognized Kazakhstan's work to rid the world of weapons of mass destruction and global non-proliferation efforts.
Marta Maurás Pérez is a Chilean diplomat and sociologist. Since 2014,she has been the representative of Chile to international organizations based in Geneva.
Rabab Fatima is a Bangladeshi diplomat. She is currently the high representative of UN for the least developed countries,landlocked developing countries and small island developing states (UNOHRLLS). Since 2019 she has been serving as the Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations. Prior to this,she was Bangladesh Ambassador to Japan On 1 February,2022 she has been elected the Chair of the United Nations Peacebuilding Commission (PBC).
Kyaw Moe Tun is a Burmese diplomat who currently serves as the Permanent Representative of Myanmar to the United Nations. Prior to his appointment to UN,he had served as director-general of International Organizations and Economic Development Department under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2016 to 2018.
