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Clementine Nkweta-Salami
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Li Junhua
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Navid Hanif
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Movses Abelian
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Cherith Ann Norman Chalet
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Melissa Fleming
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Catherine Pollard
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Martha Helena Lopez
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Chandramouli Ramanathan
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Atul Khare
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Lisa M. Buttenheim
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AnneMarie van den Berg
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Bernardo Mariano Joaquim Junior
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Rosemary DiCarlo
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Elizabeth Mary Spehar
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Jean-Pierre François Renaud Lacroix
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Alexandre Zouev
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Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee
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Miroslav Jenča
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Mohamed Khaled Khiari
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Gilles Michaud
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Unaisi Lutu Vuniwaqa
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Tom Fletcher
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Joyce Cleopa Msuya Mpanju
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Vladimir Ivanovich Voronkov
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NAKAMITSU Izumi
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Volker Türk
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Nada Youssef A. Al Nashif
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Ilze Brands Kehris
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Fatoumata Ndiaye
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Elinor Jane Britt Hammarskjöld
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Stephen D. Mathias
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Cristina Isabel Lopes da Silva Monteiro Duarte
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Selwin Charles Hart
Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Climate Action and Just Transition
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Virginia Gamba de Potgieter
Acting Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide
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Christian Saunders
Special Coordinator on Improving the UN Response to Sexual Exploitation and Abuse
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Najla Nassif Palma
Victims’ Rights Advocate
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Virginia Gamba de Potgieter
Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict
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Pramila Patten
Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict
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Najat Maalla
Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children
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Miguel Ángel Moratinos Cuyaubé
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Pedro Manuel Moreno
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Kamal Kishore
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Astrid Schomaker
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Elizabeth Maruma Mrema
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Inger La Cour Andersen
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Maria Ligia Do Rosario Noronha
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Anacláudia Marinheiro Centeno Rossbach
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Michal Mlynár
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Tatiana Valovaya
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Rabab Fatima
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Zainab Hawa Bangura
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Felipe Paullier
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Claver Gatete
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Tatiana Molcean
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José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs
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Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana
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Rola A. A. H. Dashti
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Huang Xia
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Julie Bishop
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Abdoulaye Mar Dieye
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Geir O. Pedersen
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Najat Rochdi
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Staffan de Mistura
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Hans Grundberg
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María Isabel Salvador
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Ingeborg Ulrika Ulfsdotter Richardson
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Alexander Ivanko
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Valentine Rugwabiza
Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the Central African Republic and Head of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic
Mohamed Ag Ayoya
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Major General Humphrey Nyone
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Bintou Keita
Special Representative of the Secretary-General in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Head of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Bruno Lemarquis
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Vivian van de Perre
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Lieutenant General Ulisses De Mesquita Gomes
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Roza Isakovna Otunbayeva
Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan
Indrika Ratwatte
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Georgette Gagnon
Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General (Political)
United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI)
Mohamed Al Hassan
Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Iraq
Ghulam Mohammad Isaczai
Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator
Claudio Cordone
Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Political Affairs and Electoral Assistance
United Nations Disengagement Observer Force
Major-General Anita Asmah
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Colin William Stewart
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United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon
Lieutenant General Aroldo Lázaro Sáenz
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Caroline Ziadeh
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Nicholas Roland Leybourne Haysom
Special Representative of the Secretary-General for South Sudan and Head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan
Anita Kiki Gbeho
Deputy Special Representative of the SG, Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator
Guang Cong
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Lieutenant General Mohan Subramanian
Force Commander
United Nations Office to the African Union
Parfait Onanga-Anyanga
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Abdou Abarry
Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Central Africa and Head of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa
United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel
Leonardo Santos Simão
Special Representative of the Secretary-General
Barrie Freeman
Deputy Special Representative for West Africa and the Sahel
United Nations Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia
Kaha Imnadze
Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Central Asia and Head
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Sigrid Kaag
Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process ad interim
Muhannad Hadi
Deputy Special Coordinator, Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process
Office of the United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon
Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert
Special Coordinator for Lebanon
Imran Riza
Deputy Special Coordinator, Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator
United Nations Support Mission in Libya
Hanna Serwaa Tetteh
Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya and Head
Stephanie Koury
Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Political Affairs
United Nations Transitional Assistance Mission in Somalia
James Swan
Special Representative for Somalia and Head
George Conway
Deputy Special Representative of the SG, Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator
Raisedon Zenenga
Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General
United Nations Support Office in Somalia
Aisa Kirabo Kacyira
Head of the United Nations Support Office in Somalia
United Nations Truce Supervision Organization
Major General Patrick Gauchat
Head of Mission and Chief of Staff
United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia
Carlos Gabriel Ruiz Massieu Aguirre
Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Colombia and Head of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia
Raúl Yamandu Rosende Rodriguez
Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General
Funds and Programmes
United Nations Development Programme
Achim Steiner
Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme
Haoliang Xu
Under Secretary-General, Associate Administrator
Susan Brown
Assistant Administrator and Director, Bureau for External Relations and Advocacy (BERA)
Marcos Athias Neto
Assistant Administrator and Director, for Bureau for Policy and Programme Support (BPPS)
Linda Maguire
Assistant Administrator and Director, Bureau for Management Services
Shoko Noda
Assistant Administrator and Director, Crisis Bureau
Abdallah Al Dardari
Assistant Secretary-General, Assistant Administrator and Director of the Regional Bureau for Arab States (RBAS)
Ahunna Eziakonwa
Assistant Secretary-General, Assistant Administrator and Director of the Regional Bureau for Africa (RBA)
Kanni Wignaraja
Assistant Secretary-General, Assistant Administrator and Director of the Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific (RBAP)
Michelle Marie Muschett Zimmermann
Assistant Secretary-General, Assistant Administrator and Director of the Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean (RBLAC)
Ivana Živković
Assistant Secretary-General, Assistant Administrator and Director of the Regional Bureau for Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States (RBEC)
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
Natalia Kanem
Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund
Diene Keita
Assistant Secretary-General, Deputy Executive Director (Programme)
Andrew Paul Saberton
Deputy Executive Director (Management)
United Nations Children's Fund
Catherine Mary Russell
Executive Director of the United Nations Children's Fund
Omar Abdi
Assistant Secretary-General, Deputy Executive Director (Programmes)
Kitty van der Heijden
Assistant Secretary-General, Deputy Executive Director, Partnerships
Edward "Ted" Chaiban
Assistant Secretary-General, Deputy Executive Director, Humanitarian Action and Supply Operations
Hannan Sulieman
Assistant Secretary-General, Deputy Executive Director (Management)
World Food Programme (WFP)
Cindy H. McCain
Executive Director, World Food Programme
Carl Skau
Deputy Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer
Valerie Guarnieri
Assistant Executive Director, Programme Operations
Rania Dagash-Kamara
Assistant Executive Director, Partnerships and Resource Mobilization
Stephen Omollo
Assistant Executive Director for Workplace Culture and Management
Other Entities
United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination
Maaike Jansen
Director of the CEB Secretariat and Secretary of the CEB
Office for Digital and Emerging Technologies
Amandeep Singh Gill
Under-Secretary-General and Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Digital and Emerging Technologies
United Nations Ethics Office
Juraj Strasser
Director
International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism
Robert Petit
Head of the International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism Investigating Serious Crimes in Syria
Independent Mechanism for Myanmar
Nicholas Koumjian
Head of the Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar est by the HRC in res 39/2 of 27 Sept 2018, to Collect, Consolidate, Preserve and Analyse Evidence of the Most Serious Int'l Crimes and Violations of Int'l Law C'tted by Myanmar since 2011 (IIMM)
International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals
Abubacarr Marie Tambadou
Registrar of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT)
Independent Institution on Missing Persons in the Syrian Arab Republic
Karla Irasema Quintana Osuna
Head of the Independent Institution on Missing Persons in the Syrian Arab Republic
International Trade Centre
Pamela Rosemarie Coke-Hamilton
Executive Director
Office of Administration of Justice
Alayne Frankson-Wallace
Executive Director
Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement Secretariat
Afshan Khan
Coordinator of the Scaling Up Nutrition Movement
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
Winifred Karagwa Byanyima
Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)
Christine Stegling
Deputy Executive Director, Policy, Advocacy and Knowledge Branch
Angeli Achrekar
Deputy Executive Director, Programme Branch
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
Ibrahim Thiaw
Executive Secretary of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
Simon Emmanuel Kervin Stiell
Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
United Nations Global Compact
Sanda Ojiambo
Assistant Secretary-General, United Nations Global Compact
Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Filippo Grandi
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Kelly Tallman Clements
Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees
Raouf Mazou
Assistant High Commissioner for Operations
Ruvendrini Menikdiwela
Assistant High Commissioner for Protection
United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund
Pedro Antonio Guazo Alonso
Representative of the Secretary-General for the investment of the assets of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund
Rosemarie McClean
Chief Executive of Pension Administration
United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs
Aarti Holla Maini
Director
United Nations Office for Partnerships
Annemarie Hwa Hou
Executive Director
United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS)
Jorge Moreira da Silva
Executive Director, United Nations Office for Project Services
Sonja Leighton-Kone
Deputy Executive Director
Kirstine Damkjær
Deputy Executive Director, Delivery and Partnerships
United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
Philippe Lazzarini
Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
Natalie Boucly
Deputy Commissioner-General (Programmes and Partnerships)
Antonia Marie De Meo
Deputy Commissioner-General (Operational Support)
United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women)
Sima Sami Iskandar Bahous
Executive Director of UN-Women
Kirsi Madi
Deputy Executive Director for Resource Management, Sustainability, Partnerships
Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda
Deputy Executive Director for Normative Support, System Coordination, Programme Results
Research and Training
United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute
Leif Villadsen
Acting Director, United Nations Interegional Crime and Justice Research Institute
United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research
Robin Geiss
Director
United Nations Research Institute for Social Development
Magdalena Sepúlveda Carmona
Director
United Nations University (UNU)
Tshilidzi Marwala
Rector of the United Nations University
SHIRAHASE Sawako
Senior Vice-Rector