UN CERF Annual Report 2012 January 2012 - December 2012 | Page 36

MANAGEMENT OF CERF

Mr. Wenliang Yao, CHINA

The ERC and Under-Secretary-General

Commercial Counsellor
Department of International Trade and Economic Affairs
Ministry of Commerce

(USG) of OCHA, Valerie Amos, manages

Ms. Nancy Butijer, CROATIA

General and is supported by the CERF

Head
Division for Economic Multilateral Relations,
Economic and Social Issues
Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs

secretariat within OCHA.

Mr. Mathewos Hunde Tulu, ETHIOPIA

THE CERF ADVISORY GROUP

Director
Early Warning and Response Directorate Disaster Management
and Food Security Sector
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development

The Advisory Group’s 18 members serve in their individual

Ms. Yukie Osa, JAPAN

the Fund on behalf of the Secretary-

capacity, not as representatives of their countries or
governments. They include government officials from
contributing and recipient countries, as well as

President
Association for Aid and Relief, Japan
Professor in the Department of Sociology
Rikkyo University

representatives of humanitarian NGOs, and they have

Mr. Barges Hamoud Al Barges, KUWAIT

been carefully selected to reflect a geographical and

Chairman
The Kuwaiti Red Crescent Society

gender balance.
The Advisory Group was established by the United Nations
General Assembly to provide the Secretary-General periodic
policy guidance and expert advice on the use and impact

Mr. Mohameden Ould Zein, MAURITANIA
Head
Mission for the Coordination of Activities
The Commissariat of the Food Security

of the Fund.

Ms. Saadatou Mallam Barmou, NIGER

In 2012, the UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, announced

Special Advisor
Humanitarian and Social Actions
Cabinet of the Prime Minister

seven new members. With the new members, the Advisory
Group currently consists of:

Ms. Susan Eckey, NORWAY
Minister Counsellor
Permanent Mission of Norway to the United Nations in New York

Mr. Carlos Eduardo Zaballa, ARGENTINA

Ms. Biya Han, REPUBLIC OF KOREA

UN – Liaison Coordinator
White Helmets Commission
Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Advisor
Korean Overseas International Cooperation Agency (KOICA)

Ms. Catherine Walker, AUSTRALIA

Mr. Marius Daniel Dogeanu, ROMANIA

AusAID

Head
European Affairs, International Assistance
and International Relations
Department of Romanian General Inspectorate
for Emergency Situations

Mr. Jan Vandemoortele, BELGIUM

Mr. Mikael Lindvall (Chair), SWEDEN

Retired
UN Resident/Humanitarian Coordinator and Humanitarian Expert

Ambassador
Special Envoy to the Somali Peace Process
Embassy of Sweden, Nairobi

First Assistant Director-General
Humanitarian and Stabilisation Division
and Humanitarian Coordinator

Mr. Milton Rondó Filho (Vice-Chair), BRAZIL
Coordinator-General
International Actions to Combat Hunger
Ministry of External Relations

Mr. Stephen Salewicz, CANADA
Director
International Humanitarian Assistance Directorate
Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)

Mr. Osman Nüvit Bektas, TURKEY
Head
Department of the Prime Ministry
Disaster and Emergency Management

Ms. Susanna Moorehead, UNITED KINGDOM
Director
Western and Southern