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:
Armida Alisjahbana, Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
Sima Bahous, Executive Director of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women)
Executive Director of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women)
Rola Dashti, Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA)
Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA)
Rabab Fatima , High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States (UN-OHRLLS)
High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States (UN-OHRLLS)
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
