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MARTIN GRIFFITHS

Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief
Coordinator

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United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced on 12 May 2021 the
appointment of Martin Griffiths of the United Kingdom as Under-Secretary-General
for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Office for the
Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).  He will succeed Mark Lowcock of
the United Kingdom to whom the Secretary-General is deeply grateful for his
dedicated service to the Organization and commitment in mobilizing assistance
and resources to protect and alleviate the conditions of the many people
affected by humanitarian crises.
 
Mr. Griffiths brings extensive leadership experience in humanitarian affairs at
headquarters and country levels, both strategically and operationally, as well
as senior level experience in international conflict resolution, negotiation and
mediation, most recently as the Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Yemen
(since 2018), a position he will continue to serve until a transition has been
announced.  


Mr. Griffiths served as Adviser to three Special Envoys of the Secretary‑General
for Syria and Deputy Head of the United Nations Supervision Mission in the
Syrian Arab Republic (UNSMIS) (2012-2014).  He was the first Executive Director
of the European Institute of Peace (2014-2018) and founding Director of the
Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue in Geneva (1999-2010), where he specialized in
developing political dialogue between Governments and insurgents in a range of
countries across Asia, Africa and Europe. 


His professional records span from resource mobilization and donor relations
managing response to natural disasters, to international advocacy and diplomacy,
having worked within the British diplomatic service, the United Nations,
international humanitarian organizations and Non-Governmental Organizations,
including the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Save the Children and
Action Aid.  He served in Geneva as the Director of the Department of
Humanitarian Affairs (1992), which preceded the establishment of OCHA, as Deputy
to the United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator in New York (1998-1999) and
as United Nations Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the Great Lakes and in
the Balkans. 


He holds a master’s degree in Southeast Asian studies from the School of
Oriental and African Studies at the University of London and is a qualified
barrister. He speaks English and French.

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