Peacekeeping & Political & Peacebuilding Missions - 27 Operations

Women as Special Representatives of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) & Deputy Special Representatives of the Secretary-General (DSRSG)

Current women SRSGs & DSRSGs

Out of 27 peace operations (peacekeeping and political and peacebuilding missions), there are currently no women appointed as Heads of Mission or SRSG and 1 woman in the position of DSRSG:

• Afghanistan (UNAMA): DSRSG Ameerah Haq (Bangladesh), since June 2004. She was preceded by Eva Margareta Wahlstrom (Sweden)

Up to 2000, only 4 women had ever served as SRSGs

Direct Link References:

http://www.un.org/womenwatch/osagi/pdf/Fact%20sheet%2028%20september.pdf

'Women comprise 30 percent of all professional staff as at June 30 2006 assigned to peace keeping operations (a total of 1,566 professional staff), an increase of 2.5 per cent since June 2004. At the D-1 level and above the representation was under 10 per cent (14 women out of 120), a decrease of 2 per cent in one year