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LORD
MARK MALLOCH-BROWN
APPOINTED U.K. MINISTER FOR AFRICA, ASIA AND THE UNITED NATIONS IN NEW
BRITISH CABINET (MaximsNews.com,
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- 06 July 2007 –
LORD MARK MALLOCH-BROWN was appointed the new U.K. Minister for
Africa, Asia and the United Nations in the new British Cabinet where his
responsibilities include: FCO business in the House of Lords; Asia –
Afghanistan/Sub-continent and Far East; Africa; the United Nations; Human
Rights; Global Issues; Commonwealth; and Chair Ministerial Oversight Board for
FCO Services.
See:
NEW
U.K. FOREIGN SECRETARY DAVID MILIBAND ANNOUNCES MINISTERIAL TEAM: KIM HOWELLS,
JIM MURPHY, MEG MUNN AND MARK MALLOCH BROWN
(MaximsNews.com, U.N.).
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He previously served as Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations.
Before this, he was the Secretary-General's Chef de Cabinet.
Prior to becoming Chef de Cabinet, Mr. Malloch Brown served as Administrator of
the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) from July 1999 to August 2005.
At the end of 2006 he became a Distinguished Fellow at the Centre for the
Study of Globalisation at Yale University. He had also taken up the role of Vice
Chairman of Soros Fund management.
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As Administrator of the United Nations Development
Program (UNDP) he was deeply involved in framing and championing the
Millennium Development Goals.
UNDP’s
resources doubled to more than $4 billion a year during his tenure. He led
recent UN management reform efforts for the Secretary-General and was heavily
involved in issues such as Iraq and the Middle East.
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 Communication.
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 53, he is married with four
children.
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