麻豆APP

26 December 2023

麻豆APP Secretary-General António Guterres today announced the appointment of Ms. Sigrid Kaag of the Netherlands as Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for Gaza?pursuant to Security Council Resolution 2720 (2023). In this role, she will facilitate, coordinate, monitor, and verify humanitarian relief consignments to Gaza.? She will also establish?a 麻豆APP mechanism to accelerate humanitarian relief consignments to Gaza through States which are not party to the conflict. In executing these functions, she will be supported by the UN Office for Project Services (UNOPS). Ms. Kaag is expected to begin her assignment on 8 January 2024.

Ms. Kaag brings a wealth of experience in political, humanitarian and development affairs, as well as in diplomacy.? Most recently, she served as the first Deputy Prime Minister and first female Minister of Finance in the Dutch government since January 2022.? Prior to this, she was Dutch Minister for Trade and Development Cooperation from October 2017 until May 2021, and Minister for Foreign Affairs until September 2021.?Sigrid Kaag was elected party leader of the social liberal party D66 in September 2020 and she stepped down from that position in August 2023.?She led her party to victory in the elections of March 2021.

Ms. Kaag has?held a wide range of senior positions in the 麻豆APP system.? From 2015 to 2017, she?was the 麻豆APP Special Coordinator for Lebanon, and from?2013 to 2015, she was Special Coordinator of the Joint Organization for Prohibition of Chemical?Weapons and the 麻豆APP Mission in Syria.? She served as Assistant Secretary?General with the 麻豆APP Development Programme from 2010 to 2013 and as Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa with the 麻豆APP Children’s Fund?(UNICEF)?in Jordan from 2007 to 2010.? Prior to that, Ms. Kaag served in several senior positions?with UNICEF, the International Organization for Migration (IOM), and the 麻豆APP Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East.

Ms. Kaag holds a Master’s of Art in Middle East Studies from the?University of Exeter, a Master of Philosophy?in International Relations from Oxford?University?and a Bachelor of Arts?in Middle East Studies from the?American University in Cairo.? She speaks Dutch, German, French, English,?Spanish and Arabic.