Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Western Sahara

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The special representative of the secretary-general for Western Sahara (SRSG) is appointed by the secretary-general to lead the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO).

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List of special representatives

#NameBorn-DiedTook officeLeft officeCountry
1 Héctor Gros Espiell 1926–200920 September 198819 January 1990 Uruguay
2 Johannes J. Manz 1939-19 January 199020 December 1991 Switzerland
3 Sahabzada Yaqub Khan 1920–23 March 1992August 1995 Pakistan
4 Erik Jensen (Acting)August 1995February 1998 Malaysia
5 Charles Franklin Dunbar 1937–February 199831 March 1999 United States
6 Robin Kinloch (Acting)19371 April 199918 May 1999 United Kingdom
7 William L. Eagleton 1926–201118 May 19991 December 2001 United States
8 William L. Swing 1934–1 December 20011 July 2003 United States
9 Alvaro de Soto 1943–7 August 20035 August 2005 Peru
10 Francesco Bastagli 5 August 200531 August 2006 Italy
11 Julian Harston 1942–5 February 200712 October 2009 United Kingdom
12 Hany Abdel-Aziz 1946–12 October 200915 June 2012 Egypt
13 Wolfgang Weisbrod-Weber 1955–15 June 201231 July 2014 Germany
14 Kim Bolduc 1952–31 July 201422 November 2017 Canada
15 Colin Stewart 1961-1 December 2017 [1] 27 August 2021 Canada
16Alexander Ivanko [2] 27 August 2021 [3] Russia

Controversy

At least two Special Representatives (Johannes Manz [4] and Francesco Bastagli [5] ) had resigned from their post in protest against Moroccan political manoeuvres.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Special Representative for Western Sahara and Head of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) | United Nations Secretary-General". www.un.org. Retrieved 2018-12-04.
  2. ↑ Stewart, Daniel. "The UN Security Council held on Monday a closed-door meeting on Western Sahara". MSN. Retrieved 2022-10-21.
  3. ↑ "Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Western Sahara and Head of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara | United Nations Secretary-General". UN. Retrieved 2022-10-21.
  4. ↑ Ohaegbulam, Festus Ugboaja (2006). U.S. Policy In Postcolonial Africa: Four Case Studies in Conflict Resolution. New York: Peter Lang Publishing. pp. 124–125. ISBN   978-0-8204-7091-7.
  5. ↑ Francesco Bastagli (21 September 2010). "Justice Undone". The New Republic . Retrieved 5 December 2012.
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