Senior Management Group(Oleh andri L)

Structure & Objectives

The Senior Management Group (SMG) is a committee of senior UN managers that serves as the Secretary-General's cabinet and the central policy planning body of the United Nations. Its objective is to ensure strategic coherence and direction in the work of the Organization. The cabinet was approved by the General Assembly in 1997 as part of the reform proposal submitted by the Secretary-General.
The SMG has enabled the United Nations to refine its leadership and management by allowing senior managers to plan together, share information, pool efforts, coordinate activities, avoid duplication, and work for common objectives. Video-conferencing enables senior officials from UN offices in Geneva, Nairobi, Rome and Vienna to take part in the cabinet meetings.

Current members

The Senior Management Group is chaired by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, and includes the following members:

Asha-Rose Migiro Deputy Secretary-General	Kiyotaka Akasaka Public Information	Valerie Amos Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator
Michelle Bachelet Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women (UN Women)	Alicia Bárcena Ibarra Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)	Judy Cheng-Hopkins Peacebuilding Support
Choi Soon-hong InformationTechnology	Helen Clark UN Development Programme (UNDP)	Joan Clos Human Settlements (UN-HABITAT)
Radhika Coomaraswamy Children and Armed Conflict	Francis Deng Prevention of Genocide, Mass Atrocities	Cheick Sidi Diarra Least Developed Countries, Landlocked & Small Island Developing States
Yury Fedotov Director-General (UNOV), Executive Director (UNODC)	António Manuel de Oliveira Guterres UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR)	Noeleen Heyzer Economic & Social Commission for Asia & Pacific (ESCAP)
Abdoulie Janneh Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)	Angela Kane Management	Rima Khalaf Economic & Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA)
Kim Won-soo Deputy Chef de Cabinet	Hervé Ladsous Peacekeeping Operations	Anthony Lake UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Susana Malcorra Field Support	Vijay Nambiar Chef de Cabinet	Patricia O’Brien Legal Affairs
Robert C. Orr Policy Planning	Babatunde Osotimehin UN Population Fund (UNFPA)	Supachai Panitchpakdi UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
B. Lynn Pascoe Political Affairs	Navanethem (Navi) Pillay Human Rights	Sha Zukang Economic and Social Affairs
Muhammad Shaaban General Assembly Affairs & Conference Management	Josette Sheeran World Food Programme (WFP)	Gregory B. Starr Safety and Security
Achim Steiner UN Environment Programme (UNEP)	Kassym-Jomart Tokayev UN Office at Geneva	Margot Wallström Sexual Violence in Conflict
Sahle-Work Zewde UN Office at Nairobi (UNON)	Carman L. Lapointe Observer Internal Oversight Services (Reports directly to the General Assembly, not the Secretary-General)