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Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations 
United Nations EmblemAppointer Ban Ki-moon Inaugural holder Louise Fréchette Formation 1997 Website Deputy Secretary-General The Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations is an office created to handle many of the administrative responsibilities, help manage Secretariat operations, and ensure coherence of activities and programmes.[1][2] The post was formally established by the General Assembly at the end of 1997.[3] The post is currently held by Asha-Rose Migiro of Tanzania.
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Responsibilities
Responsibilities generally delegated by the Secretary-General to the Deputy Secretary-General include[4]:
- (a) To assist the Secretary-General in managing the operations of the Secretariat;
- (b) To act for the Secretary-General at United Nations Headquarters in the absence of the Secretary-General and in other cases as may be decided by the Secretary-General;
- (c) To support the Secretary-General in ensuring inter-sectoral and inter-institutional coherence of activities and programmes and to support the Secretary-General in elevating the profile and leadership of the United Nations in the economic and social spheres, including further efforts to strengthen the United Nations as a leading centre for development policy and development assistance;
- (d) To represent the Secretary-General at conferences, official functions and ceremonial and other occasions as may be decided by the Secretary-General;
- (e) To undertake such assignments as may be determined by the Secretary-General;
The Director in the Office of the Deputy Secretary-General is a sitting observer of the United Nations Development Group.[5]
Current office holder
Tanzanian Asha-Rose Mtengeti Migiro was named as the next Deputy Secretary-General by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on January 5, 2007.[6] She was formally appointed to the post and assumed office on February 5, 2007.[7]
Previous Deputy Secretaries General
Canadian Louise Fréchette was the first Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, holding the position from 1998 to 2005. She was appointed to the post by Secretary-General Kofi Annan and assumed her duties on March 2, 1998. In 2005, partly in response to criticism by former U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker for failed management of the Iraq Oil-for-Food Programme, Frechette announced her resignation. She remained at her post until March 31, 2006.[4]
On March 3, 2006 it was announced that Mark Malloch Brown from the United Kingdom would succeed Louise Fréchette as Deputy Secretary-General on April 1, 2006. Brown left his post concurrent with Kofi Annan's departure as Secretary-General on December 31, 2006.[4]
References
- ^ United Nations. General Assembly (52nd Session) (1997-10-07). "Report of the Secretary-General, Addendum (A/51/950/Add.1)". http://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N97/301/83/pdf/N9730183.pdf?OpenElement. Retrieved 2010-11-20.
- ^ United Nations. General Assembly (52nd Session) (1997-11-10). "Letter dated 10 November 1997 from the Secretary-General to the President of the General Assembly (A/52/585)". http://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N97/307/67/PDF/N9730767.pdf?OpenElement. Retrieved 2010-11-20.
- ^ United Nations. General Assembly (52nd Session) (1998-01-09). "Renewing the United Nations: a programme for reform (A/RES/52/12 B)". http://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N98/761/11/PDF/N9876111.pdf?OpenElement. Retrieved 2007-01-08.
- ^ a b c United Nations Dept. of Public Information. "Deputy Secretary-General". http://www.un.org/sg/deputysg.shtml. Retrieved 2007-01-08.
- ^ http://www.undg.org/index.cfm?P=13
- ^ Associated Press authors. "Tanzania's Migiro is U.N. deputy". www.cnn.com (CNN). Archived from the original on 2007-01-07. http://web.archive.org/web/20070107045038/http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/01/05/un.deputy.ap/index.html. Retrieved 2007-01-06.
- ^ UN News Center authors (2007-01-05). "New Deputy Secretary-General takes oath of office, vows to work for integrated UN". United Nations. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=21451&Cr=secretary&Cr1=general. Retrieved 2007-01-06.
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