Monique Barbut

Monique Barbut, born in 1956 in Morocco, is the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). She was appointed to this position by the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on 16 September 2013. [1]

Biography

Barbut obtained her Master of Philosophy in Economics and Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Paris.

A veteran French diplomat, she served as the Special Adviser to the Chief Executive Officer of the Agence Française pour le Développement (AFD) from 2012 to 2013.[2] Prior to that, she held a number of high-ranking positions, including Chief Executive Officer and Chairperson of GEF (2006-2012) and Director of the Division of Technology, Industry and Economics at the United Nations Environment Programme (2003-2006). Due to her role in the French government in the 1992 Rio Earth Summit and the establishment of the French Global Environment Facility, she became the first Chief Executive Officer of the French GEF.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Secretary-General appoints Monique Barbut of France as Executive Secretary of the UNCCD". Press release. United Nations. 16 September 2013.
  2. ↑ "Councillor Biographies". Biographies. World Future Council.
  3. ↑ "Monique Barbut". Biography. Bloomberg Businessweek. September 2013.
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