Special Representative of the Secretary-General

A Special Representative of the Secretary-General is a highly respected expert who has been appointed by the Secretary-General of the United Nations to represent her/him in meetings with heads of state on critical human rights issues. The representatives can carry out country visits to investigate allegations of human rights violations or act as negotiators on behalf of the United Nations.

Current Special Representatives

Some of the Special Representatives include:

• Margot Wallström, Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict
• Radhika Coomaraswamy, Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict
• Marta Santos Pais, Special Representative on Violence against Children
• Walter Kalin, Special Representative on the human rights of internally displaced persons
• John Ruggie, Special Representative on human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises
• Farid Zarif, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and the head of the UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK)
• Staffan de Mistura, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan and head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA)
• David Nabarro, Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Food Security and Nutrition, Coordinator of the High-Level Task Force on the Global Food Security Crisis (HLTF)

Former Special Representatives

• Martti Ahtisaari, for Namibia
• Jan Pronk, for Sudan
• Sergio Viera de Mello, for East Timor, and Iraq.
• Jean Arnault, for Afghanistan
• Bernard Kouchner, for Kosovo
• Jacques Paul Klein, for Liberia
• Victor Angelo, for the United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad
• Hina Jilani, for Human Rights Defenders
• Yash Ghai, for human rights in Cambodia

Special Advisors

• Juan E. Méndez, Special Advisor on the Prevention of Genocide

See also

• Special Representative of the Secretary-General for East Timor
• Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Kosovo
• High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina

External links

• Website http://www.un.org/en/peacekeeping/sites/srsg/table.htm