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Special Envoy of the Secretary-General
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Special Envoy of the Secretary-General (SESG) is a title used by certain United Nations officials who are appointed by the Secretary-General of the United Nations to deal with specific issues.
Examples include the SESGs on HIV/AIDS in Africa, on LRA-affected areas, on indigenous people, to a specific country, et cetera. George H. W. Bush, the 41st president of the United States, was chosen by the UN to serve as the Special Envoy for South Asia in December 2005. Others include Bill Clinton (a former president of the United States), who was named the Special Envoy for Haiti in 2009,[1] and Gordon Brown (a former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom), who was named the Special Envoy for Global Education in July 2012.[2] For much of 2012, Kofi Annan, the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations, was Joint Special Envoy of the United Nations and the Arab League for Syria. There are many other people of different backgrounds who serve the Secretary-General.
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Current Special Envoys
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Special Envoys of the Secretary-General (SESGs) active as of May 2025[update] include:
- Miguel Ángel Moratinos Cayaubé (ESP), Special Envoy of the Secretary-General to combat Islamophobia, appointed 7 May 2025.[3]
- Julie Bishop (AUS), Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on Myanmar, appointed 6 April 2024.
- Retno Marsudi (INA), Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Water, appointed 13 September 2024.[4]
- Hanna Tetteh (GHA), Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Horn of Africa, appointed 22 February 2022.
- Amandeep Singh Gill (IND), Acting Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on Technology, appointed March 10 June 2022.[5]
- Hans Grundberg (SWE), Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen, appointed 6 August 2021.
- Xia Huang (CHN), Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Great Lakes Region of Africa, appointed April 2019.
- Geir Otto Pedersen (NOR), Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria, appointed 31 October 2018.
- Gordon Brown (GBR), Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Global Education, appointed 13 July 2012.[6][7]
- Jayathma Wickramanayake (LKA), Envoy of the Secretary-General on Youth.[8]
Personal Envoys
Personal Envoys of the Secretary-General active as of May 2025[update] include:
- María Angela Holguín Cuéllar (COL), Personal Envoy of the Secretary-General on Cyprus, appointed 2 March 2025.[9]
- Staffan de Mistura (ITA), Personal Envoy of the Secretary-General for Western Sahara, appointed 6 October 2021.[10]
- Mirko Manzoni (CHE), Personal Envoy of the Secretary-General for Mozambique, appointed 8 July 2019.[11]
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Former Special Envoys
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The UN has appointed a number of Special Envoys, including:
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