Contact Details for the Special Representatives of the
Secretary General
Africa Region: Africa I Division:
Great Lakes Region
/ Burundi / Democratic Republic
of Congo / Angola / Somalia
/ Sudan
Africa II Division: Cote D' Ivoire / Liberia
/ Western Sahara / Sierra Leone
/ Ethopia - Eritrea / Central African
Republic / Guinea - Bissau
The America Latin America Region: Colombia / Guatemala
/ Guyan-Venezuela
Asia and the Pacific: Afghanistan / Cambodia
/ East Timor / Myanmar / Papua
New Guinea / Tajikistan
Europe: Bosnia and Herzegovina / Cyprus
/ Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia /
Georgia / Kosovo
Middle East: Territories Occupied by Israel /
Iraq / Southern Lebanon
Other High Level Appointments: Children and Armed Conflict
/ Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) / Conference
on Disarmament / Gender Issues and Advancement of
Women / HIV/AIDS in Africa / Internally
Displaced Persons / Sport for Development and Peace
/ United Nations International School (UNIS) / United
Nations University for Peace in Costa Rica / United
Nations Year of Dialogue among Civilizations
AFRICA REGION:
Special Adviser of the Secretary-General for Special Assignments in Africa
Ibrahim Gambari (Nigeria)
Date of appointment: 3 December 1999
Room S-3755A United Nations New York, NY 10017 USA
Ph #: (212) 963-0739
Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Africa
Mohamed Sahnoun (Algeria)
Date of Appointment: 19 December 1997
Ph #: (41-22) 917-3138 or (41-22) 917-1993
Fax #: (41-22) 917-0002
Address: Office of the Director-General - Palais des Nations
1211 Geneva 10 - Switzerland
AFRICA I DIVISION:
GREAT LAKES REGION
Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the Great Lakes Region
Berhanu Dinka (Ethiopia)
Date of appointment: 4 January 2000
Ph #: 254-2-624174
BURUNDI
Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations
Office in Burundi
Officer-in-Charge is Amadou Keita (Guinea)
United Nations Office in Burundi (UNOB)
Date of appointment: 1 September 2001 [UN political presence in Burundi
will be restructured in January 2002]
Fax #: (212) 963-2844
Senior United Nations Adviser to the Facilitator of the Burundi Peace
Process
Aiyté Jean-Claude Kpakpo (Benin)
Date of appointment: 19 October 1998
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO (DRC)
Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the DRC and Head of
Mission
Amos Namanga Ngongi (Cameroon)
United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the
Congo (MONUC)
Date of appointment: 2 August 2001with effect from September 2001
MONUC (DRC) Ph#: 243-880-1244
Mailing address:
MONUC
64 Boulevard du 30 Juin
Kinshasa, Republique Democratique du Congo
New York address:
MONUC
P.O. Box 4653
Grand Central Station
New York, NY 10163-4653
Ph #: 963-0103
Fax #: 963-0205
ANGOLA
Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations
Office in Angola
Mussagy Jeichande (Mozambique)
United Nations Office in Angola (UNOA)
Date of appointment: 2 August 2000
United Nations Contact for Angola: Ms. Mari Yamashita
Ph#: (212) - 963-5230
Mailing address: (UNOA)
P.O. Box 5185
Luanda, R.P. Angola
New York address:
UNOA
P.O. Box 5860
Grand Central Station
New York, N.Y. 10163-5860
Ph #: (212) - 963-3011
Fax #: (212) - 963-1951
SOMALIA
Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of United Nations Political
Office for Somalia
David Stephen (United Kingdom)
United Nations Political Office for Somalia (UNPOS)
Date of appointment: 1 October 1997
P.O. Box 48246
GIGIRI
Ph#: +254-2-622705
Fax #: +254-2-622697
Email: babafemi.badejo@unon.org
SUDAN
Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs in the
Sudan
Tom Eric Vraalsen (Norway)
Date of appointment: 11 June 1998
United Nations Contact: Mr. Vladimir Zhagora
Room S-3577E United Nations New York, NY 10017 USA
AFRICA DIVISION II
COTE D'IVOIRE
Special Envoy of the Secretary-General to Cote d'Ivoire
Ibrahima Fall, (Senegal)
Date of appointment: 17 January 2000
Room S-3570A United Nations New York, NY 10017 USA
Fax #: (212) 963-1302
Ph #: (212) 963-4049
LIBERIA
Representative of the Secretary-General in Liberia and Head of UNOL
Felix-Cyril Downes-Thomas (Gambia)
United Nations Peace-building Support Office in Liberia
(UNOL) Date of appointment: December 1997
Fax #: (212) 963-9924
WESTERN SAHARA
Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Western Sahara and
Chief of Mission
William Eagleton (United States)
Effective 1 December 2001 William Lacy Swing (United States)
Date of appointment: 21 May 1999
Fax #: (212) 963-4037
Ph #: (212) 963-1954 or 1955 ext. 50001United Nations Mission for the
Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO)
Mailing Address: MIINURSO
Laayoune, Western Sahara
New York Address:
P.O. Box 5846
Grand Central Station
New York, NY 10163-5846
Ph #: (212) 963-1954
Fax #: (212) 963-3024
Personal Envoy of the Secretary-General for Western Sahara
James A. Baker III (United States)
Date of appointment: 17 March 1997
SIERRA LEONE
Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Sierra Leone and Chief
of Mission
Oluyemi Adeniji (Nigeria) United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL)
Date of appointment: 12 December 1999
Fax# : (212) 963-0507
Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Sierra Leone
for Operations and Management
Behrooz Sadry (Iran) (UNAMSIL) Date of appointment: 18 June 2000
Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Sierra Leone
for Governance and Stabilization
Alan Doss (United Kingdom) (UNAMSIL)
Date of appointment: 30 January 2001
Room DC1-1636 United Nations, New York, NY 10017
Ph #: (212) - 906-5500
Fax #: (212) 963-0507
Mailing address:
116 Pademba Road
Freetown, Sierra Leone
New York address:
P.O. Box 4670
Grand Central Station
New York, NY 10163-4670
ETHIOPIA/ERITREA
Special Representativeof the Secretary-General for Ethiopia/Eritrea
Legwaila Joseph Legwaila (Botswana)
United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE)
Date of appointment: 29 September 2000
Ph #: (212) 963-6080
Fax #: (212) 963-6054
Nasmara Ph #: 6080
Addis Abba Ph #: 7007
Fax #: 6056
Mailing address:
UNMEE
Sembel
Asmara, Eritrea
New York Address:
UNMEE
P.O. Box 4611
Grand Central Station
New York, NY 10163-4611
Ph #: (212) 963-4499
Fax #: (212) 963-0205
Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Ethiopia/Eritrea
Cheikh-Tidiane Gaye (Senegal) (UNMEE)
Date of appointment: 1 December 2000
Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Ethiopia/Eritrea
Ian Martin (United Kingdom) (UNMEE)
Date of appointment: 5 November 2000|
United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea
UMEE
Ph#: (212) 963-4499
Fax #: (212) 963 - 3398
Mailing Address:
UMEE
Semebel
Asmara, Eritrea
New York Address:
UMEE
P.O. Box 4611
Grand Central Station
New York, NY 10163-4611
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations
Peace-building Office in the Central African Republic
General Lamine Cissé (Senegal)
United Nations Peace-building Office in the Central African Republic (BONUCA)
Date of appointment: May 2000
Mailing address:
BONUCA
Camp Beal
Bangui, Central African Republic
New York Address:
BONUCA
P.O. Box 4661
Grand Central Station
New York, NY 10163-4661
Ph #: (212) 963-9718
Fax #: (212) 963-0794
GUINEA-BISSAU
Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNOGBIS
Samuel C. Nana-Sinkam (Cameroon)
United Nations Peace-building Support Office in Guinea-Bissau (UNOGBIS)
Date of appointment: 30 April 1999
THE AMERICAS LATIN AMERICAN REGION
Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on Latin American Issues
Diego Cordovez (Ecuador)
Date of appointment: April 1999
COLOMBIA
Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on International Assistance to
Colombia
Jan Egeland (Norway)
Date of appointment: 1 December 1999
Ph #: 47 2 224 2152 or 2153
Fax #: 47 2 224 23832
Mailing:
Olso Storgl.33 A, N-01A4
Olso, Norway
GUATEMALA
Special Advisor to the Secretary-General (SRSG) on Guatemala
Mr Königs
Representative atemala of the Secretary-General and Chief of Mission
Gerd D. Merrem (Germany)
United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala (MINUGUA)
Date of appointment: 1 August 2000
Ph#: 502-279-3333
Fax #: 502-279-3110
Mailing address:
P.O. Box 603-A
Reforma-Z10
Guatemala, CA01010
MINUGUA
Apartado Postal 603A A, Zona 9
Guatemala-Guatemala, C.A.
New York address:
MINUGUA
P.O. Box 5289
New York, NY 10163-5289
Ph #: 693-9941, 9942
Fax #: 693-9940
Deputy Chief of Mission
Laura Canuto (Italy)
(MINUGUA)
Date of appointment: 1 October 2001
GUYANA - VENEZUELA
Personal Representative of the Secretary-General on the Border Controversy
between Guyana and Venezuela
Oliver Jackman (Barbados)
Date of appointment: 26 October 1999
Ph#: 246-437-9307
Fax #: 246-228-5464
Mailing:
7 Locust Hall Heights
St. George Barbados
ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
AFGHANISTAN
Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan
Lakhdar Brahimi (Algeria)
Date of appointment: 3 October 2001
Ph#: 212-963-1386
Fax #: 212-963-0616
Mailing Address:
Room S-3275A United Nations New York, NY 10017 USA
Personal Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the Special
Mission to Afghanistan
Francesc Vendrell (Spain)
United Nations Special Mission to Afghanistan (UNSMA)
Date of Appointment: 1 February 2000
Ph#: 925 1 2254 896
Fax #: 925 1 2261 233
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CAMBODIA
Special Representative of the Secretary-General on the Situation of Human
Rights in Cambodia
Peter Leuprecht (Austria)
Cambodia Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of appointment: 18 August 2000
Assistant: Sisi Shahidzadeh
Ph#: (assistant): 011 - 41-22-917-9214
Fax#: 011-41-22-917-9003
EAST TIMOR
Special Representative of the Secretary-General for East Timor and Chief
of Mission
Sergio Vieira De Mello (Brazil)
United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET)
Date of appointment: 8 November 1999
Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General
Dennis McNamara (New Zealand)
(UNTAET)
Date of appointment: 5 July 2001
Special Adviser on Development and Humanitarian Affairs to the Special
Representative of the Secretary-General
Shin-ichi Suzuki (Japan)
(UNTAET)
Date of appointment: 25 June 2001
Mailing address:
UNTAET
Reserve Bank Building
6 Bennet Street
Darwin, Australia 8000
New York address:
UNTAET
P.O. Box 4758
New York, NY
10163-4758
Ph #: (212) 963-2748
Fax #: (212) 963-2180
MYANMAR
Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Myanmar
Razali Ismail (Malaysia)
Date of appointment: 4 April 2000
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Head of the United Nations Political Office in Bougainville
Noel Sinclair (Guyana)
United Nations Political Office in Bougainville (UNPOB)
Date of appointment: 15 January 1999
Ph#: 011-872-385-058041
Fax #: 011-872-385-058-042 or 011-675-279-9904
TAJIKISTAN
Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Tajikistan
Ivo Petrov (Bulgaria)
United Nations Tajikistan Office of Peace-building (UNTOP)
Date of appointment: 20 October 1999
Ph #: 992-372-210147
Fax #: 992-372-210159
Mailing address:
UNTOP
No. 7 Gorky Street
Dushanbe, Tajikistan
New York address:
UNTOP
P.O. Box 4853
Grand Central Station
New York, NY10163-4853
Ph #: 963-4648, 4652 or 011-7-3772-210103
Fax #: 963-4649 or 011-7-3772-210159
EUROPE
European region Special Adviser of the Secretary-General for European
Issues
Jean-Bernard
Merimee (France)
Date of appointment: 15 February 1999
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Bosnia and Herzegovina
and Chief of Mission
Jacques Klein (United States)
United Nations Mission in Bosnia- Herzegovina (UNMIBH)
Date of appointment: 12 July 1999
Ph#: 387 71 454-247-496 000
Fax #: 387 71-458-127
Mailing address:
71210 Ilidza
P.O. Box 56
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
New York address:
UNMIBH
P.O. Box 4752
Grand Central Station
New York, NY 10163-4752
Ph#: (212) 963-9957
Fax#: (212) 963-2838
Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Julian Harston (United Kingdom)
(UNMIBH)
Date of appointment:1 January 1998
Ph#: (212) 963- 6119
Fax#: (212) 963- 6025
CYPRUS
Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Cyprus
Alvaro De Soto (Peru)
Date of appointment: 1 November 1999
Room S-3394 United Nations New York, NY 10017 USA
Ph #: (212) 963-5034
Fax #: (212) 963-5242
Acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Chief of Mission
Zbigniew Wlosowicz (Poland)
United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP)
Date of appointment: 15 June 2000
Ph #: 357-2-86-4401
Fax #: 357-2-86-4752
Mailing Address:
HQ P.O. Box 21642
Nicosia, Cyprus
FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA – GREECE
Personal Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Greece-FYROM
Matthew Nimetz (United States)
Date of appointment: 21 December 1999
GEORGIA
Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Georgia and Chief of
Mission
Ileidi Tagliavini
United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG)
Room S-2270C United Nations New York, NY 10017 USA
Date of appointment: May 23, 2002 (he will serve the position for 2 and
1/2 years)
Ph #: 963-9562/3
Fax #: 963-9561
Field Contact Numbers: Ph#: 995-32-257674
Fax #: 995-32-779665
Mailing Address: UNOMIG
P.O Box 4712
Grand Central Station
New York, NY
10163-4712
KOSOVO
Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Kosovo
Hans Haekkerup (Denmark))
United Nations Interim
Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK)
Date of appointment: 8 December 2000 (Mr. Haekkerup took up his duties
on 15 January 2001)
Ph #: 381-38-504-604-4019
Fax#: 381-38-504-604-4019
Mailing Address:
UNMIK
Bulevar Ilinden BB
New York address:
UNMIK
P.O. Box 4778
Grand Central Station
New York, NY 10163-4778
Ph #: 212- 963-8442 or 9952 or 8613
Fax #: 963-8113 or 963-9222
Principal Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Kosovo
Charles Brayshaw (United States)
UNMIK
Date of appointment: 1 November 2001
Deputy Special Representative for Police and Justice
Jean-Christian Cady (France)
UNMIK
Date of appointment:16 August 2001
Deputy Special Representative for Civil Administration
Thomas Koenigs (Germany)
UNMIK
Date of appointment: 6 July 1999
Deputy Special Representative for Institution Building (OSCE)
Daan Everts (Netherlands)
UNMIK
Date of appointment: August 1999
Deputy Special Representative for Reconstruction (European Union)
Andy Bearpark
(United Kingdom)
UNMIK
Date of appointment: September 2000
MIDDLE EAST
TERRITORIES OCCUPIED BY ISRAEL
Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and Personal Representative
of the Secretary-General to the Palestine Liberation Organization and
the Palestinian Authority
Terje Roed- Larsen (Norway)
Date of appointment: 1 October 1999
Ph #: 011-972-884-3555
Fax #: 011-972-8282-5027
IRAQ
Secretary-General's High-level Coordinator on Iraq (Mr. Vorontsov is also
the Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Commonwealth of Independent
States (CIS)
Yuli M. Vorontsov (Russian Federation)
Date of appointment: 10 February 2000
United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for Iraq
Tun Myat (Myanmar)
United Nations Office of the Humanitarian Coordinator for Iraq (UNOHCI)
Date of appointment: April 2000
Ph #: 212-963-3010
Fax#: 212-963-3309
SOUTHERN LEBANON
Personal Representative of the Secretary-General
Staffan de Mistura (Sweden)
Date of appointment: 7 December 2000
(Mr. de Mistura took up his duties on 15 January 2001)
OTHER HIGH LEVEL APPOINTMENTS
Children and Armed Conflict
Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed
Conflict
Olara Otunnu (Uganda)
Date of appointment: 19 August 1997
Room S-3161A United Nations New York, NY 10017 USA
Ph #: (212) - 963-3178
Fax #: (212) - 963-0807
Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for CIS
(Mr. Vorontsov is also the Secretary-General's High-Level Coordinator
on Iraq)
Yuli Vorontsov (Russian Federation)
Date of appointment: 15 February1999
Conference on Disarmament
Personal Representative of the Secretary-General for the Conference on
Disarmament and Director-General of the United Nations Office in Geneva
(UNOG)
Vladimir Petrovsky (Russian Federation)
Date of appointment: 5 May 1993
Ph #: 011-4122-917-2102
Fax #: 011-41-22-917-0034
Gender Issues and Advancement
of Women
Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Gender Issues and Advancement
of Women
Angela King (Jamaica)
United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women
2 UN Plaza, DC2-12th Floor
New York, NY 10017 , USA
Ph #: 212.963.5086
Fax +1-212-963-3463
Website: http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/
E-mail address:daw@un.org
E-mail: king@un.org
Date of appointment: 1 March 1997
HIV/AIDS in Africa
Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for HIV/AIDS in Africa
Stephen Lewis (Canada)
Date of appointment: 1 June 2001Information and Communication Technologies
(ICT)
Special Representative of the Secretary-General
Jose Maria Figueres (Costa Rica)
Date of appointment: 13 November 2000
Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for HIV/AIDS
in Asia
Dr. Nafis Sadik (Pakistan)
Date of appointment: May 24, 2002
Website: http://www.unaids.org
Internally Displaced Persons
Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Internally Displaced
Persons
Francis Mading Deng (Sudan)
Date of appointment: July 1992
OHCHR-UNOG
8-14 Avenue de la Paix
1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland
Ph #:(41-22) 917-9000
Sport for Development and Peace
Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Sport for Development and
Peace
Adolf Ogi (Switzerland)
Date of appointment: 28 February 2001
Ph #: 41-22-917-1461
United Nations International School (UNIS)
Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the United Nations
International School
Silvia Fuhrman (United States)
Date of appointment: 1 January 1967
24-50 FDR Drive
Manhattan Campus - (212) 684-7400
Queens Campus - (718) 658-6166
New York, NY 10010
Ph #: (212) 684-7400
Fax#: (212) 684-1382
Website: http://www.unis.org/
United Nations University for Peace in Costa Rica
Special Adviser to the Secretary-General and Rector of the University
for Peace
Maurice Strong (Canada)
Date of appointment: 30 March 1999
Email: info@upeace.org
Website: http://www.upeace.org/
United Nations Year of Dialogue among Civilizations
Personal Representative of the Secretary-General for the United Nations
Year of Dialogue among Civilizations (Year 2001)
Giandomenico Picco (Italy)
Date of appointment: 6 August 1999