Former Foreign Affairs Principal Secretary Macharia Kamau has been appointed chairperson of the United Nations Peacebuilding Fund Advisory Group, which oversees a 50 million dollar annual allocation.
Secretary-General António Guterres appointed the fund and will serve for two years.
“In accordance with the Terms of Reference of the United Nations Peacebuilding Fund, the Secretary-General appoints eminent individuals for a term of two years, taking into consideration gender and regional balance. Candidates are nominated by Member States,” a statement from the UN stated.
The Peacebuilding Fund is designed to support programming that needs to be started quickly and flexibly where requested.
Backing Macharia will be Jonas Alberoth, the Principal Senior Adviser at Folke Bernadotte Academy in Sweden, Richard Atwood, Executive Vice President of International Crisis Group in the United Kingdom, and Yoka Brandt, Former Ambassador to the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
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The Pact recognizes that the Peacebuilding Fund and the wider United Nations peacebuilding architecture have important roles to play.
Others appointed were Cheng Jingye who is the Former Ambassador, President of Arms Control and Disarmament Association, China, Kjersti Dale who is a Senior Advisor Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation, Norway and Mohamed Edrees, Former Ambassador, Egypt.
Nathalie Kohli Ambassador of Switzerland in the Republic of Cameroon, the Central African Republic, and the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, Paik Ji-ah who is a Former Ambassador, Professor Emeritus, Korean National Diplomatic Academy (incumbent) and Non-Executive Director, Korea Technology Finance Corporation (incumbent), Republic of Korea.
Baso Sangqu, a Former Ambassador and senior Vice President at AngloGold Ashanti, South Africa, Glenda Tager Rosado, Private Secretary of The Presidency of the Guatemalan Republic, and Almut Wieland-Karimi, Senior Policy Advisor at Stiftung Mercator GmbH, Germany, were also appointed.
The Advisory Group will guide the Fund’s strategy and direction.
The Fund is the Organization’s financial instrument of first resort to sustain peace in countries or situations at risk or affected by violent conflict.
