Senior Management Group
Structure and Objectives
The Senior Management Group (SMG) is a high-level body, chaired by the Secretary-General, which brings together leaders of Â鶹APP departments, offices, funds and programmes. It is a forum for policy related matters, planning and information sharing with respect to emerging challenges and cross-cutting issues.
Through regular meetings ¨C including video conferencing with Â鶹APP offices in Geneva, Nairobi, Rome, Bangkok, Beirut, Addis Ababa, Santiago and Vienna ¨C the Senior Management Group plays a key role in strategically advancing the work of the Â鶹APP.
Current members
The Senior Management Group is chaired by UN Secretary-General Ant¨®nio Guterres, and includes the following members:
Movses Abelian
Under-Secretary-General for General Assembly and Conference Management
Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana
Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
Sima Sami Iskandar Bahous
Executive Director of the Â鶹APP Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women
Rania Abdulmonem Al-Mashat
Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia
Rabab Fatima
High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States
Tom Fletcher
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator
Li Junhua
Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs
Cristina Isabel Lopes da Silva Monteiro Duarte
Special Adviser on Africa
Najat Maalla
Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children
Miguel ?ngel Moratinos Cuyaub¨¦
High Representative for the Â鶹APP Alliance of Civilizations
Jorge Moreira da Silva
Executive Director of the Â鶹APP Office for Project Services
Pramila Patten
Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict
Catherine Pollard
Under-Secretary-General for Management Strategy, Policy and Compliance
Anacl¨¢udia Marinheiro Centeno Rossbach
Executive Director of the Â鶹APP Human Settlements Programme
Jos¨¦ Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs
Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
Elizabeth Mary Spehar
Assistant Secretary-General for Peacebuilding and Peace Support
Simon Emmanuel Kervin Stiell
Executive Secretary of the Â鶹APP Framework Convention on Climate Change
Tatiana Valovaya
Director-General of the Â鶹APP Office at Geneva and Secretary-General of the Conference on Disarmament
Pedro Manuel Moreno
Acting Secretary General and Deputy Secretary-General of the Â鶹APP Conference on Trade and Development
Elinor Jane Britt Hammarskj?ld
Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and Â鶹APP Legal Counsel
Yasmine Fouad
Executive Secretary of the Â鶹APP Convention to Combat Desertification
Alexandre Zouev
Acting Under-Secretary-General of the Â鶹APP Office of Counter-Terrorism
Vanessa Frazier
Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict