Senior Management Group
Structure and Objectives
The Senior Management Group (SMG) is a high-level body, chaired by the Secretary-General, which brings together leaders of United Nations departments, offices, funds and programmes. It is a forum for policy related matters, planning and information sharing with respect to emerging challenges and cross-cutting issues.
Through regular meetings – including video conferencing with United Nations offices in Geneva, Nairobi, Rome, Bangkok, Beirut, Addis Ababa, Santiago and Vienna – the Senior Management Group plays a key role in strategically advancing the work of the United Nations.
Current members
The Senior Management Group is chaired by UN Secretary-General António Guterres, and includes the following members:
Vladimir Voronkov , Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism
Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism
Armida Alisjahbana, Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
Rabab Fatima , High Representative, Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States
High Representative, Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States
Virginia Gamba de Potgieter, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict
Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict
José Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
Simon Stiell, Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
Ghada Waly, Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and Director-General of the United Nations Office at Vienna
Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and Director-General of the United Nations Office at Vienna
Elinor Jane Hammarskjöld, Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and United Nations Legal Counsel
Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and United Nations Legal Counsel
