Country | Title | Name (Country) | Organizations | Date of appointment |
Afghanistan | Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan and Head of UNAMA |
Roza Otunbayeva |
United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) |
2 September 2022 |
African Union | Special Representative of the Secretary-General to the African Union, UNOAU |
Parfait Onanga-Anyanga (Gabon) |
United Nations Office to the African Union (UNOAU) |
22 February 2022 |
Central Africa | Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Central Africa and Head of UNOCA | Abdou Abarry (Niger) | United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA) | 28 July 2022 |
Central Asia | Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Central Asia and Head of UNRCCA | Kaha Imnadze (Georgia) | UN Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA) | 14 June 2023 |
Colombia | Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Colombia and Head of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia | Carlos Ruiz Massieu (Mexico) | UN Verification Mission in Colombia | 10 December 2018 |
Cyprus | Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Cyprus | United Nations Good Offices Mission | ||
Geneva International Discussions | UN Representative to the Geneva International Discussions |
Ayşe Cihan Sultanoğlu (Turkey) |
United Nations Representative to the Geneva International Discussions (UNRGID) | 6 July 2018 |
The Great Lakes region | Special Envoy of the Secretary-General to the Great Lakes Region | Huang Xia (China) | Office of the United Nations Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region |
17 January 2019 |
Haiti | Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Haiti |
María Isabel Salvador (Ecuador) |
United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) |
1 March 2023 |
Horn of Africa | Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Horn of Africa |
Hanna Serwaa Tetteh (Ghana) |
22 February 2022 |
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Hudaydah | Chair of the Redeployment Coordination Committee (RCC) | Major General (retired) Michael Beary (Ireland) | United Nations Mission to Support the Hudaydah Agreement (UNMHA) |
23 December 2021 |
Iraq | Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Iraq and Head of UNAMI | United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) | 31 August 2018 | |
Lebanon | Special Coordinator of the Secretary-General for Lebanon | Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert (Netherlands) |
Office of the United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon (UNSCOL) | 20 May 2024 |
Libya | Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on Libya and Head of UNSMIL | Abdoulaye Bathily (Senegal) | United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) | 2 September 2022 |
Middle East | Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and Personal Representative of the Secretary-General to the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority | Tor Wennesland (Norway) | Office of the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process | 21 December 2020 |
Myanmar | Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on Myanmar | Julie Bishop (Australia) | Office of Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on Myanmar |
5 April 2024 |
Somalia | Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia and Head of Mission, UNSOM | Catriona Laing (United Kingdom) | United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) |
3 May 2023 |
Sudan | Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Sudan | United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission (UNITAMS) | ||
Syria | Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria | Geir O. Pedersen (Norway) | Office of Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria |
31 October 2018 |
West Africa and the Sahel | Special Representative of the Secretary-General for West Africa and Head of UNOWAS | Leonardo Santos Simão (Mozambique) | United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS) |
2 May 2023 |
Western Sahara | Personal Envoy of the Secretary-General for Western Sahara | Staffan de Mistura (Italy) | 6 October 2021 | |
Yemen | Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen |
Hans Grundberg (Sweden) |
Office of the United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen (OSESGY) |
6 August 2021 |
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