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