UNITED NATIONS - / www.MaximsNews.com/ -
2006 - Secretary-General
Kofi Annan announced on 3 March 2006
the appointment of Mark Malloch
Brown as Deputy Secretary-General.
He assumed his new functions on 1
April following the departure of his
predecessor Louise Fréchette.
Mark
Malloch Brown has served as Chef de
Cabinet to the Secretary-General
since January 2005. In that
position, he has worked closely with
the Secretary-General and the
Deputy-Secretary General on all
aspects of UN work, including
helping to set out an ambitious
reform agenda for the United
Nations, much of which was endorsed
by world leaders at the World Summit
in New York last September.
Prior
to becoming Chef de Cabinet, Mr.
Malloch Brown served as
Administrator of the United Nations
Development Programme (UNDP), the
UN's global development network,
from July 1999 to August 2005.
During that time, he was also the
Chair of the United Nations
Development Group, a committee
consisting of the heads of all UN
funds, programmes and departments
working on development issues.
During
his tenure at the UNDP, Mr. Malloch
Brown oversaw a comprehensive reform
effort that was widely recognized as
making the UNDP more focused,
efficient and effective across the
166 countries where it works and
doubled its annual resources to over
$4 billion. His efforts included a
major push to expand UN support to
developing countries in areas such
as democratic governance, a new
advocacy dimension as reflected in
pioneering publications, including
the Arab Human Development Reports,
and strengthened UNDP operational
leadership in natural disasters and
post-conflict situations.
At
the request of Secretary-General
Annan, Mr. Malloch Brown also led
the UN system’s efforts to help
support the achievement of the
Millennium Development Goals --
eight, time-bound development
targets with the overarching goal of
halving extreme poverty by 2015 --
which were approved by world leaders
at the UN Millennium Summit of
September 2000.
Prior
to his appointment with the UNDP,
Mark Malloch Brown served at the
World Bank as Vice-President for
External Affairs, and Vice-President
for United Nations Affairs from 1996
to 1999. He joined the World Bank as
Director of External Affairs in
1994. He is credited with having
helped the Bank enhance its outreach
and expand its partnership with the
United Nations and non-governmental
organizations. In 1997, he chaired
the United Nations
Secretary-General's task force on
the reform of United Nations
communications.
Before
joining the World Bank, Mr. Malloch
Brown was the lead international
partner from 1986 to 1994 in a
strategic communications management
firm, the Sawyer-Miller Group, where
he worked with corporations and
governments. He advised Corazon
Aquino of the Philippines when she
ran against Ferdinand Marcos, as
well as other presidential and
political candidates, particularly
in Latin America.
Mr.
Malloch Brown founded The Economist
Development Report, a monthly report
on the aid community and the
political economy for development.
He served as the Report's editor
from 1983 to 1986. Previously, from
1977 to 1979, he had been the
political correspondent of The
Economist.
From
1979 to 1983, he worked for the
Office of the United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
From 1979 to 1981, he was stationed
in Thailand, where he was in charge
of field operations for Cambodian
refugees. He was appointed Deputy
Chief of UNHCR's Emergency Unit in
Geneva, undertaking extensive
missions in the Horn of Africa and
Central America. In 1981, the UNHCR
and its staff were awarded the Nobel
Peace Prize. Active in human rights
and refugee issues, he formerly
served as Vice-Chairman of the Board
of Refugees International in
Washington, D.C., and has served on
the advisory boards of a number of
non-profit organizations. Mr.
Malloch Brown was included in Time
Magazine’s world’s 100 most
influential people in 2005.
A
British citizen, Mr. Malloch Brown
received a First Class Honour’s
Degree in History from Magdalene
College, Cambridge University, and a
Master's Degree in Political Science
from the University of Michigan, and
is the recipient of a number of
honorary degrees and awards. Aged
52, he is married with four
children. Updated 19 April 2006.
