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Marta Ruedas is a United Nations bureaucrat who has worked in many countries around the world as a representative of the United Nations Development Programme, including Bolivia, Kyrgyzstan, the Republic of Georgia, Nepal, Mongolia and Mexico, as well as at its headquarters in New York. The organization assists countries in reaching their targets in economic and social development. In 2015 she was the Country Director of the UNDP in Kabul, Afghanistan.[1] In 2016 she was the representative for Sudan,[2][3][4] and in 2018 she became the United Nations resident co-ordinator in Iraq.

Early life and education

Ruedas has a Bachelor of Arts from Cornell University, a Master of International Affairs degree from Columbia University, and a diploma in Russian studies from the Pushkin Institute in Moscow.

Career

Ruedas served as UNDP Resident Coordinator/Resident Representative in Sao Tomé and Príncipe, beginning in 1991. She was then assigned to the same post in Bulgaria in 2001,[5] during which she was awarded the country's state medal, the Stara Planina Order [6], by former Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov. [7] While in Bulgaria she helped to organize a UN project which provided assistance to the Government of Bulgaria in identifying and destroying surpluses of weapons and ammunition.[8]

In 2003, Ruendas became the Deputy Regional Director of the UN's Regional Bureau for Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States in New York. She left this post in 2007 when she was assigned as the UNDP's Deputy Special Coordinator/ Resident Coordinator and Resident Representative in Lebanon,[9][10] where she was once again in charge of promoting economic and social development projects.[11][12]

On 31 August 2014 Ruedas was appointed Country Director of the United Nations Development Programme in Kabul, Afghanistan. Since then she has coordinated UNDP projects there, including the construction of bridges, provision of water access to communities in remote areas of Afghanistan, [13] and participation in the Afghanistan Peace and Reintegration Programme.

Ruendas also worked for the recovery of affected communities around the world during her post as the Deputy Assistant Administrator and Deputy Director for UNDP Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery, arranging public-private partnerships[14] to accelerated recovery.

In 2016 she was the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan.[15][16][17][18] In February that year she traveled to a refugee camp at Tawilla, where 86,000 refugees had gathered,[19][20] and in 2017 she met with Sudanese president Omer al-Bashir[21] and visited a camp in Darfur.[22] In 2018 Ruedas was presented with Sudan's First-Class Order of the Two Niles by the country's President Omar Al Bashir.[23]

In 2018 Ruedas was assigned as the UN's special representative in Iraq.[24]

References

  1. ^ "Danesh Meets UNDP Chair-Woman". Bakhtar News, November 24, 2014.
  2. ^ "Sudan, UN sign MoU on combating terrorism and extremism.". Sudan Tribune. 21 June 2016
  3. ^ "Ms. Marta Ruedas Resident Coordinator of the United Nations". Sudan Vision, 28th June, 2016
  4. ^ "UN warning over Sudan aid funding shortfall". The Guardian, 17 August 2016
  5. ^ ABREES: Abstracts Russian and East European Series. Vol. Volume 32. ABREES Limited. 2002. p. 12. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help)
  6. ^ Stara Planina Order The Official Gazette, (of what?) June 27, 2003.
  7. ^ "President Awards Marta Ruedas Stara Planina Order". Novinite Sofia News Agency, June 20, 2003.
  8. ^ "UN Finances Destruction of Weapon Surpluses in Bulgaria". Novinite | February 21, 2003
  9. ^ "Lebanon: Combating Desertification in the Aarsal Area". World Environment TV.
  10. ^ "Donors losing interest in demining Lebanon". Landmine.de, 13.09.2009
  11. ^ "Development trends in Lebanon: ‘It’s always hard to tell’". Devex, Sam Mednick, 12 January 2010.
  12. ^ "20,000 educated Lebanese leave per year". Daily Star. Patrick Galey. Oct. 07, 2009
  13. ^ "Advancing women’s participation in peacebuilding: what are the next steps in implementation?" Wilton Park. 27 March, 2013
  14. ^ "UNDP-Deutsche Post DHL partnership" Relief Web
  15. ^ "UN expert calls for end to conflict and violence in Darfur and protection of civilians". Strait Times, Feb 6, 2016
  16. ^ "UK donates $10m to fund humanitarian work in Sudan". Middle East Monitor. 07 September 2015
  17. ^ "Brief Interview conducted by Acting Editor-in-Chief with Ms Marta Ruedas". Sudan Vision, Issue #: 3768, Issue Date: 7th February, 2016
  18. ^ "Jebel Marra clashes : over 21.000 IDPs reach UNAMID site in N. Darfur". Sudan Tribune, 3 February 2016
  19. ^ "UN relief official concerned about new displacement in North Darfur". Xinhuanet 2016-02-25
  20. ^ "Soudan: l'ONU s'inquiète du sort de plus de 85 000 déplacés au Darfour". Magazine humanitaire Sans Frontières, 29-02-2016
  21. ^ "President al-Bashir, UN official discuss humanitarian challenges in Sudan". Sudan Tribune, February 16, 2017
  22. ^ "A joint United Nations-Government of Sudan mission visits Sortony IDP site, North Darfur". Panorama Magazine, 2017-05-09
  23. ^ "UN Complicity in the Darfur Genocide Takes Many Forms". Sudan, Eric Reeves | April 28, 2018
  24. ^ "UN's Iraq Rep Ruesas Took ICC Indicted Bashir's Award, ICP Got UN To Confirm Guterres Met Him". Inner City Press, Matthew Russell Lee, April 30, 2018.
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