مارتن جريفيثس
Martin Griffiths (born 3 July 1951) is a British diplomat who currently serves as Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator at the United Nations.[1]
مارتن جريفيثس | |
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| United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen | |
| في المنصب 16 February 2018 – 19 July 2021 | |
| عيـَّنه | António Guterres |
| سبقه | Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed |
| خلـَفه | Hans Grundberg |
| United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator | |
| تولى المنصب 19 July 2021 | |
| عيـَّنه | António Guterres |
| سبقه | Mark Lowcock |
| تفاصيل شخصية | |
| وُلِد | 3 يوليو 1951 Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom |
| القومية | British |
| الأنجال | 2 |
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Personal life and education
Born in Wales,[2] Griffiths was educated at Leighton Park School and holds a Master's degree in Southeast Asian Studies from the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London and is a qualified barrister.[3] He speaks French and English.[4]
Career
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Griffiths is a career diplomat at the UK's Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and an experienced conflict mediator.[2] Griffiths previously served as the first executive director of the European Institute of Peace from 2016 to September 2018.[5] In 1999, he helped launch the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue in Geneva. He has also worked for Save The Children, Action Aid and UNICEF and has worked as an advisor to multiple United Nations Syria envoys.[2]
From 16 February 2018 to 19 July 2021 Griffiths served as the United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen at the Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen.[6] In February 2021 he visited Iran in an attempt to find a political solution to the Yemeni Civil War.[7] Efforts to end the conflict were largely unsuccessful.[بحاجة لمصدر]
On 12 May 2021, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced that he had appointed Griffiths as Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator at the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), taking over from Mark Lowcock.[8]
References
- ^ "Mr. Martin Griffiths of the United Kingdom - Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator", United Nations, 12 May 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
- ^ أ ب ت "Who is Martin Griffiths, the British mediator bringing formidable experience to Yemen envoy role?". The National (in الإنجليزية). 2018-09-05. Retrieved 2022-01-11.
- ^ "Mr. Martin Griffiths of the United Kingdom - Special Envoy for Yemen". United Nations Secretary-General. 16 February 2018.
- ^ "Mr. Martin Griffiths of the United Kingdom - Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator". 12 May 2021.
- ^ "Special Announcement: Michael Keating as new Executive Director | European Institute of Peace". www.eip.org (in الإنجليزية). Retrieved 2019-06-13.
- ^ "Special Envoy". United Nations Secretary-General (in الإنجليزية). 2019-01-25. Retrieved 2019-06-13.
- ^ "UN envoy for Yemen in Iran for talks on long-running conflict". Al Jazeera. 7 February 2021.
- ^ Wintour, Patrick (2021-05-12). "Yemen envoy Martin Griffiths to take on top UN humanitarian job". the Guardian (in الإنجليزية). Retrieved 2022-01-11.
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| مناصب في المنظمات البين-حكومية | ||
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| سبقه Mark Lowcock (  )
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Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator 2021–present |
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