Elizabeth Spehar[/B] has been appointed by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, as Assistant Secretary-General for Peacebuilding in the Department of Political and Peacekeeping Affairs (DPPA).
Ms. Spechar succeeds Oscar Fernandez-Taranco from Argentina. With 35 years of experience in international and political affairs, Ms. Spechar has worked at UN headquarters and in missions, and has led political initiatives, development projects for peacebuilding and conflict prevention. Since 2016, she has been Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP, ), also serving as Deputy Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Cyprus.
Previously, Ms. Spehar was Director of the Policy and Mediation Division in the former Department of Political Affairs (DPA), where she worked on policy and operational issues related to conflict prevention, mediation, peacebuilding and gender discrimination. Prior to that, she was Director for the Americas and Europe Division and Director of the Europe Division at DPA, working extensively on key political issues facing the region. She also served briefly as Interim Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNFICYP in 2008. Before joining the United Nations, Ms. Spehar was a senior official at the Organization of American States for more than 12 years, working to promote democracy and develop the Organization's dialogue and conflict resolution instruments.
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