Special Envoy of the Secretary-General

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Special Envoy of the Secretary-General (SESG) is a title used by certain United Nations officials who are appointed by the Secretary-General of the United Nations to deal with specific issues.

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Examples include the SESGs on HIV/AIDS in Africa, on LRA-affected areas, on indigenous people, to a specific country, et cetera . George H. W. Bush, the 41st president of the United States, was chosen by the UN to serve as the Special Envoy for South Asia in December 2005. Others include Bill Clinton (a former president of the United States), who was named the Special Envoy for Haiti in 2009, [1] and Gordon Brown (a former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom), who was named the Special Envoy for Global Education in July 2012. [2] For much of 2012, Kofi Annan, the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations, was Joint Special Envoy of the United Nations and the Arab League for Syria. There are many other people of different backgrounds who serve the Secretary-General.

Current Special Envoys

Special Envoys of the Secretary-General (SESGs) active as of May 2025 include:

Personal Envoys

Personal Envoys of the Secretary-General active as of May 2025 include:

Former Special Envoys

The UN has appointed a number of Special Envoys, including:

Name(Former) TitleDate of Appointment
Mark Carney United Nations special envoy for climate action and financeMarch 2020
Mahmoud Mohieldin Special Envoy on Financing the 2030 Agenda4 February 2020 [12]
Maria-Francesca Spatolisano Acting Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on TechnologyMarch 2019
Christine Schraner Burgener Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on Myanmar28 April 2018
Michael Bloomberg Special Envoy for Climate Action, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Cities and Climate Change 5 March 2018, 31 January 2014 [13]
Martin Griffiths Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen16 February 2018
Maria Soledad Cisternas Reyes Special Envoy on Disability and Accessibility20 June 2017 [14]
Macharia Kamau and Mary Robinson Special Envoys of the Secretary-General for El Niño and Climate20 May 2016 [15]
Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen25 April 2015 [16]
Said Djinnit Special Envoy of the Secretary-General to the Great Lakes Region 17 July 2014 [17]
Staffan de Mistura Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria10 July 2014. [16]
Hiroute Guebre Sellassie Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Sahel30 April 2014 [17]
Han Seung-soo Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction and Water19 December 2013 [18]
Kofi Annan Joint Special Envoy for the United Nations and the Arab League for Syria 23 February 2012
Haile Menkerios Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Sudan and South Sudan 29 July 2011 [17]
Bill Clinton Special Envoy for HaitiMay 2009 [1]
George H. W. Bush Special Envoy for South Asia 30 December 2005 [19]
Terje Rød-Larsen Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1559 3 January 2005 [16]
Virendra Dayal Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for facilitating the Negotiations to end apartheid in South Africa 1992 [20]
George C. Marshall Special Envoy for negotiating the Chinese Communist Party and the Nationalists (Kuomintang) into a unified government1945 [21]

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References

  1. 1 2 "The Special Envoy of the Secretary General of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti". UN-SPIDER Knowledge Portal. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  2. ↑ "The Office of the UN Special Envoy for Global Education". educationenvoy.org. Archived from the original on Mar 19, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Mr. Miguel Ángel Moratinos Cuyaubé of Spain - United Nations Special Envoy to Combat Islamophobia | United Nations Secretary-General". www.un.org. Retrieved 2025-05-17.
  4. ↑ "Mrs. Retno L.P. Marsudi of the Republic of Indonesia - Special Envoy on Water". United Nations. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  5. ↑ "Amandeep Singh Gill". United Nations Secretary-General. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  6. ↑ "Secretary-General Appoints Former United Kingdom Prime Minister Gordon Brown United Nations Special Envoy for Global Education". United Nations. 13 July 2012. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  7. ↑ "Gordon Brown". Office of the UN Special Envoy for Global Education. 21 July 2013. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  8. ↑ "Envoy on Youth - Office of the Secretary-General's Envoy on Youth". United Nations. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  9. ↑ "Ms. María Angela Holguín Cuéllar of Colombia - Secretary-General's Personal Envoy on Cyprus | United Nations Secretary-General". www.un.org. Retrieved 2025-05-17.
  10. ↑ "Staffan de Mistura, Personal Envoy of the Secretary-General for Western Sahara". United Nations Secretary-General . Retrieved 2022-06-29.
  11. ↑ "Mirko Manzoni, Personal Envoy of the Secretary-General for Mozambique". United Nations Secretary-General. Archived from the original on 2022-06-29. Retrieved 2022-06-29.
  12. ↑ "Mr. Mahmoud Mohieldin of Egypt - Special Envoy on Financing the 2030 Agenda | United Nations Secretary-General".
  13. ↑ "Secretary-General Appoints Michael R. Bloomberg of United States Special Envoy for Climate Action | Meetings Coverage and Press Releases". United Nations. 5 March 2018. Archived from the original on May 19, 2022.
  14. ↑ "Ms. María Soledad Cisternas Reyes of Chile - Special Envoy on Disability and Accessibility". United Nations Secretary-General. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
  15. ↑ "Secretary-General Appoints Mary Robinson of Ireland, Macharia Kamau of Kenya Special Envoys on El Niño and Climate" (Press release). United Nations. 20 May 2016.
  16. 1 2 3 "Middle Eastern Special and Personal Representatives, Envoys and Advisers of the Secretary-General". United Nations. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  17. 1 2 3 "African Special and Personal Representatives, Envoys and Advisers of the Secretary-General". United Nations. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  18. ↑ "Secretary-General Appoints Han Seung-Soo of Republic of Korea Special Envoy on Disaster Risk Reduction and Water" (Press release). United Nations. 19 December 2013.
  19. ↑ "SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS GEORGE H.W. BUSH AS SPECIAL ENVOY FOR SOUTH ASIAN EARTHQUAKE".
  20. ↑ "Shri Virendra Dayal - IHF profile". Indian Harmony Foundation. 2016. Retrieved May 21, 2016.
  21. ↑ "General George C. Marshall's Mission to China, 1945-1947". www.gale.com. Retrieved 2018-02-27.
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