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The Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator is a high-level position in the United Nations that heads the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
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Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator of the United Nations | |
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Inaugural holder | Jan Eliasson 1992 |
Formation | General Assembly Resolution 46/182.[1] December 1991 |
Website | unocha.org |
The current holder is Martin Griffiths of the United Kingdom, who took office in July 2021, following his appointment by UN Secretary-General António Guterres.
The post of Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator (ERC) was created by UN resolution 46/182 in December 1991 to coordinate the efforts of the United Nations, member states and the wider humanitarian community in response to natural and man-made emergencies.
The post is one of five cabinet-level UN positions that are traditionally held by nationals from the five permanent members of the Security Council; since 2007, five British nationals have been appointed to that position.[2] Before 2007, British nationals held the position of Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs for more than a decade.[3]
# | Name | Nationality | Office entered | Office left |
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1 | Jan Eliasson | Sweden | 1992 | 1994 |
2 | Peter Hansen | Denmark | 1994 | 1996 |
3 | Yasushi Akashi | Japan | 1996 | 1998 |
4 | Sérgio Vieira de Mello | Brazil | 1998 | January 2001 |
5 | Kenzo Oshima | Japan | January 2001 | June 2003 |
6 | Jan Egeland | Norway | June 2003 | December 2006 |
7 | John Holmes | United Kingdom | January 2007[4] | September 2010 |
8 | Valerie Amos | United Kingdom | September 2010[5][6] | May 2015 |
9 | Stephen O'Brien | United Kingdom | May 2015[7] | September 2017 |
10 | Mark Lowcock | United Kingdom | September 2017[8] | July 2021 |
11 | Martin Griffiths | United Kingdom | July 2021 | Current |
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