- Jan Beagle
Jan Beagle (born in
New Zealand ) currently serves asUnited Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Human Resources Management. She was appointed to the position byUN Secretary-General Kofi Annan in September 2005.She started her career by serving the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From 1974 to 1979, she was a delegate of her country to the United Nations.
In 1979, Beagle joined the United Nations, first in the Department of Political and Security Council Affairs, then as Political Affairs Officer from 1979 to 1989. She later became Senior Officer in the Office of the Under-Secretary-General for Management and Special Assistant to the Controller in the following year, Special Assistant to the Associate Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme from1990 to1992, and Principle Officer in the Executive Office of the Secretary-General from 1992 to 1996.
Beagle became Director of the Division for Organizational Development in 1997 and has been serving in this capacity until her new appointment as ASG for Human Resources Management.
She obtained her Master of Arts in History and International Relations from the
University of Auckland .
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