United Nations Deputy Secretary-General

In 1997, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan announced a series of reforms at the United Nations, including the creation of the post of Deputy Secretary-General who would handle many of the administrative responsibilities, help manage Secretariat operations, and ensure coherence of activities and programmes.cite news |author= United Nations. General Assembly (52nd Session)| title= Report of the Secretary-General, Addendum (A/51/950/Add.1)| url=http://daccessdds.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N97/301/83/PDF/N9730183.pdf?OpenElement |date=1997-10-07|accessdate= 2007-01-08] cite news |author= United Nations. General Assembly (52nd Session)| title= Letter dated 10 November 1997 from the Secretary-Generalto the President of the General Assembly (A/52/585)| url= http://daccessdds.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N97/307/67/PDF/N9730767.pdf?OpenElement|date=1997-11-10|accessdate= 2007-01-08] The post was formally established by the General Assembly at the end of 1997.cite news |author= United Nations. General Assembly (52nd Session)| title= Renewing the United Nations: a programme for reform (A/RES/52/12 B)| url= http://daccessdds.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N98/761/11/PDF/N9876111.pdf?OpenElement|date=1998-01-09|accessdate= 2007-01-08]

Responsibilities

Responsibilities generally delegated by the Secretary-General to the Deputy Secretary-General includecite news |author= United Nations Dept. of Public Information| title= Deputy Secretary-General| url= http://www.un.org/sg/deputysg.shtml|accessdate= 2007-01-08] :

:(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;

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.cite news |author= Associated Press authors| title= Tanzania's Migiro is U.N. deputy| url= http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/01/05/un.deputy.ap/index.html |work=www.cnn.com |publisher= CNN|date= |accessdate= 2007-01-06] She was formally appointed to the post and assumed office on February 5, 2007.cite news |author= UN News Center authors| title=New Deputy Secretary-General takes oath of office, vows to work for integrated UN| url= http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=21451&Cr=secretary&Cr1=general
publisher= United Nations|date=2007-01-05|accessdate= 2007-01-06]

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.

On March 3, 2006 it was announced that the British Mark Malloch Brown 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.

References

External links

* [http://www.un.org/sg/deputysg.shtml UN Deputy Secretary-General]