Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations (United Humanity)

The Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations (UNDSG or DSG) is the deputy to the Secretary-General of the United Nations. The office was created to handle many of the executive responsibilities of the Secretary-General, help manage Secretariat operations, and ensure coherence of activities and programs of the United Nations System. The post was formally established by the General Assembly in 1997.
The Deputy Secretary-General is formally appointed by the Secretary-General following consultations with Member States and in accordance with Article 101 of the UN Charter, but in recent years, upon election the Secretary-General nominee has already named his candidate for Deputy Secretary-General.
==Responsibilities==
Responsibilities generally delegated by the secretary-general to the deputy secretary-general include assisting in the managing of the Secretariat and Executive, acting for the Secretary-General at United Nations Headquarters in the absence of the Secretary-General and in other cases as may be decided by the Secretary-General and ensuring inter-sectoral and inter-institutional coherence of UN activities and programs. He supports the Secretary-General in elevating the profile and leadership of the United Nations in the security, economic and social spheres. Additionally he represents the Secretary-General at conferences, official functions and ceremonial and other occasions as may be decided by the Secretary-General. These responsibilities are unofficial and open to interpretation; they have been established by custom.
The director in the Office of the Deputy Secretary-General is a sitting observer of the United Nations Executive.
==History==
The United Nations' predecessor League of Nations had a Deputy Secretary-General to assist its chief-executive, but when the United Nations were founded in 1945, this post was not retained.
There was no mention of a Deputy to the Secretary-General in the UN Charter. As the responsibilities and administrative scope of the United Nations grew over time, debates about adding a additional post to the Executive Office started. In 1997, the General Assembly created the office by resolution to assist the Secretary-General in his duties.
Canadian Louise Fréchette was the first Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, holding the position from 1998 to 2005. She was appointed to the post by Secretary-General Kofi Annan and assumed her duties on 2 March 1998. In 2005, partly in response to criticism by former U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker for failed management of the Iraq Oil-for-Food Programme, Frechette announced her resignation. She remained at her post until 31 March 2006.
On 3 March 2006 it was announced that Mark Malloch Brown from the United Kingdom would succeed Louise Fréchette as Deputy Secretary-General on 1 April 2006. Brown left his post concurrent with Kofi Annan's departure as secretary-general on 31 December 2006.
==List of Deputy Secretaries-General==
No. 	Deputy Secretary-General 	Nationality 	Years Served 	UN Regional Group 	Political Party 	Secretary-General
Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations	Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations	Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations	Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations	Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations	Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations	Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations
1 	Louise Fréchette 	 	1998–2006 	Western European and Others 	Independent 	Kofi Annan
2 	Mark Malloch Brown 	 	2006 	Western European and Others 	Labour 	Kofi Annan
3 	Asha-Rose Migiro 	 	2007–2012 	African 	Social Democratic 	Ban Ki-moon
4 	Jan Eliasson 	 	2012–2016 	Western European and Others 	Social Democratic 	Ban Ki-moon
5 	Amina J. Mohammed 	/ 	2017–2026 	African 	Independent 	António Guterres
6 	TBD 	TBD 	2027– 	TBD 	TBD 	Mia Mottley
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