Sara Batmanglich is currently a Senior Operations Officer in the Fragility, Conflict and Violence (FCV) Group at the World Bank where she coordinates the Bank’s Risk and Resilience Assessments (RRAs). Sara joined the Bank from the OECD, where she was a Peace and Conflict Advisor in the Crises and Fragility Unit, leading on the flagship States of Fragility report as well as the policy research…
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Denys Shmyhal was appointed Prime Minister in March 2020. He graduated in 1997 from Lviv Polytechnic National University with a degree in mechanical engineering and earned his PhD in Economics in 2003. From 1995 to 2009 Denys Shmyhal served in leadership positions at enterprises in Lviv. From 2009 to 2013 he worked in Lviv Regional State Administration. In 2014 Denys Shmyhal was appointed deputy…
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Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani activist, UN Messenger of Peace and the youngest person ever awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. As co-founder of MalalaFund she is building a world where every girl can learn and lead without fear.
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United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced on 18 November 2019 the appointment of Kanni Wignaraja of Sri Lanka as the next Assistant Secretary-General and Director of the Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Ms. Wignaraja served as the Acting Assistant Administrator and Director, Bureau for Management Services, UNDP and as…
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Dr. Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh started his professional career in the United Nations in March 2000 working as a Program Officer at the United Nations Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK). Until recently, he worked as a Senior Advisor at the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA). His extensive experience allowed him to provide strategic advice in overseeing the efficient functioning of the…
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Ousmane Mamoudou KANE (Mauritania) is the Minister of Economic Affairs and Promotion of Production Sectors of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania since December 2020. He previously held the positions of Chairman of the Board of Directors of Générale de Banque de Mauritanie, Executive Chairman of Engineering & Consulting (Enco), Independent Director of Tasiast Mining Limited SA, Algold SA and…
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Susanna Moorehead is the elected Chair of the OECD’s Development Assistance Committee (DAC) and took up her role in February 2019. Before then, she was British Ambassador to Ethiopia and Djibouti and UK Permanent Representative to the African Union and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa. Over a 30-year career in international diplomacy and development, Susanna has held senior…
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Gillian Triggs is a UN Assistant Secretary-General and Assistant High Commissioner for Protection with UNHCR, taking up her appointment in September 2019. She is a public international lawyer who has held a number of appointments in service to human rights and the refugee cause, including as President of the Australian Human Rights Commission. Gillian oversees UNHCR’s protection work in support…
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Cecilia Jimenez-Damary (Philippines) was appointed Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons by the Human Rights Council in September 2016 and assumed the mandate on 1 November 2016. Ms. Jimenez-Damary is a lawyer in human rights and international humanitarian law specialised in forced displacement and migration. She has over three decades of experience in NGO human…
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Mr. Raouf Mazou took up his appointment as Assistant High Commissioner for Operations of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Geneva on 1 February 2020. Prior to this appointment, he was the Director of the Africa Bureau in 2019 and the UNHCR Representative in Kenya for over five years. In the four years immediately preceding this assignment, he was a Deputy Director in…
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