| Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations |
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| Appointer | Ban Ki-moon |
| Inaugural holder | Louise Fréchette |
| Formation | 1997 |
| Website | Deputy Secretary-General |
The Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations is an office created to handle many of the administrative responsibilities, help manage Secretariat operations, and ensure coherence of activities and programmes.[1][2] The post was formally established by the General Assembly at the end of 1997.[3] The post is currently held by Asha-Rose Migiro of Tanzania.
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Responsibilities generally delegated by the Secretary-General to the Deputy Secretary-General include[4]:
The Director in the Office of the Deputy Secretary-General is a sitting observer of the United Nations Development Group.[5]
Tanzanian Asha-Rose Mtengeti Migiro was named as the next Deputy Secretary-General by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on January 5, 2007.[6] She was formally appointed to the post and assumed office on February 5, 2007.[7]
Canadian Louise Fréchette was the first Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, holding the position from 1998 to 2005. She was appointed to the post by Secretary-General Kofi Annan and assumed her duties on March 2, 1998. In 2005, partly in response to criticism by former U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker for failed management of the Iraq Oil-for-Food Programme, Frechette announced her resignation. She remained at her post until March 31, 2006.[4]
On March 3, 2006 it was announced that Mark Malloch Brown from the United Kingdom would succeed Louise Fréchette as Deputy Secretary-General on April 1, 2006. Brown left his post concurrent with Kofi Annan's departure as Secretary-General on December 31, 2006.[4]
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