Homewood is a village in Cook County,Illinois,United States. The population was 19,463 at the 2020 census.
The Bureau of International Organization Affairs (IO) is a bureau in the United States Department of State that creates and executes U.S. policy in the United Nations and other international organizations. It is headed by the Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs. The IO is charged with developing and implementing the policies of the U.S. government with respect to the United Nations and its affiliated agencies,as well as within certain other international organizations. The Bureau of International Organization Affairs was created in order to strengthen the United States involvement in important international relations.
Homewood-Flossmoor High School (H-F) is a comprehensive public high school in Flossmoor,Illinois. The district encompasses nearly 11.5 square miles drawing students from Homewood,Flossmoor,Chicago Heights,Glenwood,Hazel Crest,and Olympia Fields. A three-time U.S. Department of Education Blue Ribbon Award Winner,Homewood-Flossmoor continues to be ranked nationally,including as one of America’s Best High Schools by U.S. News &World Report in 2020.
The United Nations Stabilisation Mission in Haiti,also known as MINUSTAH,an acronym of the French name,was a UN peacekeeping mission in Haiti that was in operation from 2004 to 2017. The mission's military component was led by the Brazilian Army and commanded by a Brazilian. The force was composed of 2,366 military personnel and 2,533 police,supported by international civilian personnel,a local civilian staff and United Nations Volunteers.
Ian Martin is an English human rights activist/advisor and sometime United Nations official. His most recent UN assignment was as the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya. From 2015 to 2018 he was Executive Director of Security Council Report.
Ellen Margrethe Løj is a Danish diplomat. Between 2014 and 2016,she served as the Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). Prior to this appointment of July 2014 by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon,Ellen Margrethe Løj served as the Ambassador to the United Nations for Denmark from 2001 until 2007.
A special representative of the Secretary-General is a highly respected expert who has been appointed by the Secretary-General of the United Nations to represent them in meetings with heads of state on critical human rights issues. The representatives can carry out country visits to investigate alleged violations of human rights and act as negotiators on behalf of the United Nations.
Frederick "Rick" Barton is a United States diplomat,educator,and author. He served as the founding Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations at the U.S. Department of State until September 2014. Currently a lecturer at Princeton University's School of Public and International Affairs,he is also the co-director of the university's Scholars in the Nation's Service Initiative (SINSI) with his wife,Kit Lunney.
Rosario Manalo,is a Filipino career diplomat,political scientist,and educator in the Philippines. She is the Special Representative of the Philippines to the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights and has served as undersecretary of Foreign Affairs in charge of International Economic Relations from 1997 to 2001. Moreover,she has served as Philippine ambassador to Sweden,to France,to Belgium and to the European Economic Community.
William Lacy Swing was a diplomat and former United States Ambassador,and United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Under Secretary General. He was the Director-General of the International Organization for Migration until António Vitorino's appointment in 2018.
Timothy Michael Carney is a retired American diplomat and consultant. Carney served as a career Foreign Service Officer for 32 years,with assignments that included Vietnam and Cambodia as well as Lesotho and South Africa before being appointed as ambassador to Sudan and later in Haiti. Carney served with a number of U.N. Peacekeeping Missions,and until recently led the Haiti Democracy Project,an initiative launched under the presidency of George W. Bush to build stronger institutional foundations for the country's long-term relationship with the United States.
Luiz Carlos da Costa was an international civil servant working for the United Nations. Originally from Brazil,da Costa joined the United Nations in 1969 and stayed with the organization for the remainder of his life. His last assignment was as the Principal Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Haiti and second in command of the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH). He died together with his superior,Tunisian Hédi Annabi,in the 2010 Haiti earthquake. On 18 January 2010,UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and several high-ranking UN officials traveled from New York to Port-au-Prince to see the devastation firsthand. Mr. Ban hosted a small memorial service with both men's families at the airport in Port-au-Prince.
African-Americans in foreign policy in the United States catalogs distinguished African Americans who have and continue to contribute to international development,diplomacy,and defense through their work with the U.S. Department of State,the U.S. Agency for International Development,the U.S. Information Agency,and the U.S. Congress,and other notable agencies and non-governmental organizations. The creators acknowledge the presence of the interagency contributions to the foreign affairs realm,and welcome additional content to showcase the achievements of African-Americans in other relevant USG agencies.
Mariano Fernández,a native of Chile,served as the Special Representative for Haiti and Head of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH). He was appointed to this position by the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on 16 May 2011.
Michael A. Hammer is an American diplomat who is serving as the United States Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa as of 2022. A career member of the United States Foreign Service,Hammer previously served as the United States ambassador to Chile from 2014 to 2016 and the United States ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 2018 to 2022.
Sandra Honoré served as the United Nations Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH). She was appointed to this position by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on 31 May 2013. and served until the MINUSTAH's mandate expired on October 15,2017. In 2000-2005,she was Chief of Staff to the Assistant Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS).
Mary Catherine "Molly" Phee is an American diplomat who has served as assistant secretary of state for African affairs since September 2021. She previously served as the U.S. ambassador to South Sudan from 2015 to 2017. She is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service with the rank of minister counselor.
Denise Brown is a Canadian Senior UN official and the current Head of the United Nations in Ukraine. She was appointed to this position on 28 July 2022. Prior to this appointment,she served as Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General (DSRSG),Humanitarian Coordinator and Resident Coordinator in the Central African Republic.
Rabab Fatima is a Bangladeshi diplomat. She is currently the high representative of the United Nations for the least developed countries,landlocked developing countries and small island developing states (UNOHRLLS). Between 2019 and July 2022,she served as the Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations. Prior to this,she was Bangladesh Ambassador to Japan. On 1 February 2022,she was elected the Chair of the United Nations Peacebuilding Commission (PBC).
