{"id":200946,"date":"2015-05-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T18:04:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=200946"},"modified":"2019-03-12T18:04:56","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T18:04:56","slug":"auto-insert-200946","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-200946\/","title":{"rendered":"Secretary-General appoints Robert Piper of Australia as Deputy Special Coordinator for Middle East Peace Process – SG press release"},"content":{"rendered":"
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4 MAY 2015<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS<\/u><\/strong> ROBERT PIPER OF AUSTRALIA<\/u><\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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\n<\/strong> <\/strong>DEPUTY SPECIAL COORDINATOR FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS<\/u><\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Robert Piper of Australia as Deputy Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, at the level of Assistant Secretary-General.  Mr. Piper will also serve as United Nations Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Mr. Piper will succeed James Rawley of the United States to whom the Secretary-General is grateful for his distinguished service and in particular for his dedicated contribution to Gaza’s reconstruction efforts.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Mr. Piper brings over 25 years of humanitarian and development experience with the United Nations, leading efforts in peacebuilding, conflict prevention and disaster risk reduction in a number of complex situations.  He has been serving as the United Nations Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the Sahel region since 2013.<\/p><\/div>\n

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From 2008 to 2013, he was United Nations Resident Coordinator, Humanitarian Coordinator and United Nations Development Programme (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵDP) Resident Representative for Nepal.  He played a similar role leading the United Nations system in Kosovo from 2002 to 2004.  Mr. Piper has held a number of other key posts with Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵDP at Headquarters and in the field, including as inaugural Director for the Millennium Development Goals Achievement Fund and as Deputy Director for Emergency Response.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Mr. Piper has a Bachelor of Arts degree, with honours in political science, from the Australian National University.  He was a Yale University World Fellow in 2004.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Born in 1966, he is married and has four children.<\/p><\/div>\n

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