Designated Officials for Security

This is a list of the current Designated Officials for Security in various countries. The UN Field Security Handbook defines the Designated Official position in this way:

The Secretary-General, in consultation with the executive heads of the other organizations, will designate one senior official to be titled Designated Official who will undertake and special responsibility for the security and protection of the organizations’ staff members and eligible family members and property in each country to which staff members and eligible family members are assigned. Senior officials of all organizations of the United Nations system in the country shall work in close collaboration with the Designated Official who is the key person in the security management arrangements.

At most duty stations, the Designated Official will be the Resident Coordinator/Resident Representative of UNDP. However, for the limited number of countries where someone than the Resident Coordinator/Resident Representative is appointed as Designated Official, the United Nations Security Coordinator will advise accordingly.

The Designated Official will constitute, after consultation with the representatives of the other organizations, a Security Management Team to advise him on all security-related matters.

While the Designated Official is not in charge of the security of non-UN personnel, she or he is often the UNDP Resident Representative or the Resident Coordinator for the UN, who would be of interest to non-UN personnel.

This list is organized alphabetically. To skip to a particular letter, click below.

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*AFGHANISTAN: Mr. Nigel Fischer, Deputy SRSG for RRR, is the Designated Official;

ALBANIA: Ms. A. Stjarnerklint, the UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative is the Designated Official;.

ALGERIA: Mr. Paolo Lembo, the UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative is the Designated Official except in areas which fall under the responsibility of the Polisario where the Designated Official is Mr. William Swing, the SRSG for Western Sahara;

ANGOLA: Mr. E. de Mul, UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative is the Designated Official

ARGENTINA: Mr. Carmelo Angulo-Barturen, UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative is the Designated Official.

ARMENIA: Mr. Joel Boutroue, UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative is the Designated Official.

AZERBAIJAN: Mr. Marco Borsotti, UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative is the Designated Official;

BAHRAIN: Mr. Khaled Alloush, the UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative is the Designated Official.

BANGLADESH: Mr. Jorgen Lissner is the UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative.

BHUTAN: Ms. Renata Dessallien, UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative is the Designated Official.

BOLIVIA: Mr. Carlos Felipe-Martinez, the UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative is the Designated Official.

BOSNIA and HERZEGOVINA: Mr. Jacques Klein, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General is the Designated Official.

BURUNDI: Mr. George Charpentier, the UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative is the Designated Official;.

CAMBODIA: Ms. Dominique AitOuyahia-McAdams, the UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative is the Designated Official.

CAMEROON: Ms. Patricia de Mowbray, the UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative is the Designated Official.

*CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLICMr. Eusebe Hounsokou, UNHCR Representative is the acting Designated Official.

CHAD: Mr. Modibo Toure, the UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative is the Designated Official. .

COLOMBIA: Mr. Anders Kompass, acting UN Resident Coordinator/UNHCHR Director is the Designated Official.

COMOROS: Mr. Andre Carvalho, the UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative is the Designated Official.

CONGO (Democratic Republic of the): Mr. Bouri Sanhouidi, the UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative is the Designated Official for all areas of Democratic Republic of Congo; .

CONGO (Republic of the): Mr. William Paton, the UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative is the Designated Official.

COTE D’IVOIRE: Mr. El-Mostafa Benlamlih, the UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative is the Designated Official

*DJIBOUTI: Ms. Mbaranga Gasarabwe, UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative is the Designated Official;

*EAST TIMOR: the Designated Official, Mr. Kamalesh Sharma(SRSG UNMISET), fax no. 61-8-894-18-710

ECUADOR: Ms. A. Smedler , UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative is the Designated Official.

EGYPT: Mr. Antonio Vigilante, UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative is the Designated Official.

EL SALVADOR: Mr. Bruno Moro, the UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative is the Designated Official.

EQUATORIAL GUINEA: Mr. Bacar Abdouroihamane, UNDP Resident Representative a.i. is the acting Designated Official.

ERITREA: Mr. Simon Nhongo, the UN Resident Coordinator/Resident Representative is the Designated Official;

ETHIOPIA: Mr. K.Y. Amoako, the Executive Secretary of ECA is the Designated Official for Addis Ababa and Mr. Samuel Nyambi, the UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative is the Designated Official for outside Addis.

FIJI: Mr. Peter Witham, UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative, is the Designated Official.

GAMBIA: Mr. J. Kakonge, UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative is the Designated Official.

GEORGIA: Mr. Lance Clark, UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP
Resident Representative is the Designated Official for all of Georgia with the exception of Abkhazia and the area east of the Inguri River within the eastern-most line of the Restricted Weapons Zone where Mr. Dieter Boden, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General is the Designated Official.

GUATEMALA: Mr. Juan Pablo Corlazzoli, UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative is the Designated Official for UN Agencies staff and Mr. Gerd Merrem, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and MINUGUA Chief of Mission, is the Designated Official for MINUGUA (DPKO) staff.

GUINEA: Mr. Kingsley Amaning, the UN Resident Coordinator/Humanitarian Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative is the Designated Official.

GUINEA BISSAU: Ms. Philomene Makolo, the UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative is the Designated Official.

GUYANA: PHASE I is in effect as of 14/01/98. Security clearance is required from the DO. Mr. Richard Olver, the UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative is the Designated Official.

HAITI:. Joseph Tchicaya, FAO Representative, is the acting Designated Official.

HONDURAS: DO. Mr. Jeffrey Avina, the UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative is the Designated Official.

*INDIA: Ms. Brenda McSweeney, the UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative is the Designated Official.

INDONESIA: Mr. Bo Asplund, UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative is the Designated Official;

IRAN: Mr. Francesco Bastagli, the UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative is the Designated Official; request for security clearance can be sent to the DO either via fax or through iransecurityclearance@undp.org

IRAQ: Mr. Tun Myat, the Humanitarian Coordinator is the Designated Official.

ISRAEL AND THE PALESTINIAN AUTONOMOUS AREAS Mr. Peter Hansen, the Commissioner General of UNRWA is the Designated Official.

JORDAN: Ms. Misrak Elias, UNICEF Representative is the acting Designated Official.

KENYA: Mr. Klaus Toepfer, the Executive Director of UNEP is the Designated Official for Nairobi; Mr. Paul Andre de la Porte, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative is the Designated Official for areas outside Nairobi;

KUWAIT: Mr. Bruno Pouezat, UNDP Resident Representative (OIC) is the Designated Official for UN Agencies

KYRGYZSTAN: DO. Mr. D. Akopyan, UNDP Deputy Resident Representative, is the acting Designated Official.

LAO: Ms. Kari Nordheim-Larsen, the UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative is the Designated Official.

LEBANON: Major-General Lalit Mohan Tewari, the Designated Official for this area who is the Force Commander of UNIFIL.

LESOTHO: Ms. Scholastica Kimaryo, the UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative is the Designated Official.

LIBERIA: Mr. Marc Destanne de Bernis, UN Resident Coordinator/Humanitarian Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative is the Designated Official;.

*MACEDONIA. Mr. Amin Awad, the Head of the UNHCR is the Designated Official.

MADAGASCAR Mr. Adama Guindo, UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative is the Designated Official.

MALAWI: Ms. Zahra Nuru, the UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative is the Designated Official.

MALI: Ms. Jocelline Bazile-Finley, UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative is the Designated Official.

MAURITANIA: Mr. Michel de la Taille, the UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative is the Designated Official.

MEXICO: Ms. Rebeca Grynspan, Director of ECLAC’s Subregional Office in Mexico is the Designated Official, email rgrynspan@UN.org.mx.

MONGOLIA: Ms. Saraswathi Menon, the UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative is the Designated Official.

MYANMAR: Mr. Patrice Coeur-Bizot, the UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative is the Designated Official.

NAMIBIA: Ms. Jacqueline Badcock, the UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative is the Designated Official.

NEPAL: Mr. Henning Karcher, the UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative is the Designated Official.

NICARAGUA: Mr. Jorge Chediek, UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative is the Designated Official.

NIGER: Mr. Steven Ursino, the UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative is the Designated Official.

NIGERIA: Mr. Mbaya Kankwenda, the UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative is the Designated Official.

*PAKISTAN: Mr. Onder Yucer, the UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative is the Designated Official for UN staff in Pakistan

PANAMA: Ms. Elizabeth Fong, the UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative is the Designated Official.

PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Mr. Harumi Sakaguchi, the UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative is the Designated Official.

*PARAGUAY: Mr. Lucien Munoz, UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative is the Designated Official.

PERU: Ms. Kim Bolduc, the UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative is the Designated Official.

PHILIPPINES: Mr. Terence D. Jones, the Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative is the Designated Official.

RUSSIAN FEDERATION: Mr. Frederick Lyons, the UN Resident Coordinator/Humanitarian Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative is the Designated Official.

RWANDA: Mr. Chris Liundi, UNESCO Representative is the acting Designated Official. Mr. P. Larin and DFSO is Mr. A. Vennala, tel nos. 250-87616, 516324/5, mobiles 250-08300991/2 and fax 250-87622. Emails: peter.larin@UN.rw and antti.vennala@un.rw.

SENEGAL: Mr. Ahmed Rhazaoui, the UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative is the Designated Official.

*SIERRA LEONE: Mr. Alan Doss, Deputy SRSG, UNAMSIL, is the Designated Official;

SOLOMON ISLANDS: Mr. Peter Witham, the UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative in Fiji is the Designated Official.

SOMALIA: Mr. Maxwell Gaylard, the UN Resident Coordinator/Humanitarian Coordinator/UNDP Resident Repreesntative is the Designated Official;.

*SRI LANKA Mr. Miguel Bermeo-Estrella, the UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative is the Designated Official;

SUDAN Mr. Thomas Ekvall, UNICEF Representative, is the acting Designated Official for Sudan.

SYRIA:. Force Commander Bo Wranker is the Designated Official.

TAJIKISTAN: Mr. Matthew Kahane, the UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative is the Designated Official

TANZANIA: Mr. Bjorn Ljungqvist, UNICEF Representative, is the acting Designated Offiial.

THAILAND: Mr. Kim Hak-Su, the Executive Secretary of ESCAP is the Designated Official.

TOGO: Ms. Cecile Molinier, the UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative is the Designated Official.

TURKEY: Mr. Alfredo Witschi-Cestari, the UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative is the Designated Official

UGANDA: Mr. Daouda Toure, the UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative is the Designated Official;

UZBEKISTAN: Mr. R. Conroy, the UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative is the Designated Official.

VANUATU: . Mr. P. Witham, the UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative (based in Fiji) is the Designated Official.

VENEZUELA: Mr. A. Molpeceres, the UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative is the Designated Official.

VIET NAM: Mr. Jordan Ryan, the UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative is the Designated Official.

YEMEN: Mr. James Rawley, the UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative is the Designated Official.

ZAMBIA: Ms. Olubanke King-Akerele, UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative is the Designated Official.

ZIMBABWE: Mr. J.V. da Silva Angelo, the UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative is the Designated Official.