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'''Kul Chandra Gautam''' is a diplomat, development professional, and a former senior official of the [[United Nations]]. Currently, he serves on the boards of several international and national organizations, charitable foundations and public-private partnerships. Previously, he served in senior managerial and leadership positions with the United Nations in several countries, in a career spanning over three decades. He is a former deputy executive director of [[UNICEF]] and [[Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations]].


He served as special adviser to the [[Prime Minister of Nepal]] on international affairs and the peace process from 2010 to 2011.
[[File:Kul gautam.jpg|thumb|200px|Kul Chandra Gautam at a Workshop organized by Nepal Institute of Policy Studies (NIPS) Kathmandu, 9 November 2011 ]]
'''Kul Chandra Gautam''', from [[Nepal]], is a very right wing so-called intellectual and opportunist in nature. He ran the chairman of general assembly of UN when Maoist were in government. If he has morality he must gave up his running for the post. distinguished international civil servant from [[Nepal]]. He was the former Assistant Secretary-General of the [[United Nations]] and Deputy Executive Director of [[UNICEF]], the United Nations Children’s Fund,<ref>[http://www.unicef.org/media/media_20003.html UNICEF - Press centre - Kul Gautam - Deputy Executive Director]</ref> special advisor to the Prime Minister of Nepal on International Affairs and the Peace Process <ref name=SpecialAdvisor>{{cite web|url=http://www.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php/thweek/adminsite/http/slc/slc/?action=news_details&news_id=21658 | title=Kulchandra Gautam appointed special advisor to PM}}</ref>, and Nepal's candidate for President of the 66th UN General Assembly.<ref name=UNGAPresident>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/fullNews.php?headline=Nepal%2C+Qatar+still+in+UNGA+presidency+race&NewsID=276617 | title=Nepal, Qatar still in UNGA presidency race}}</ref>


A citizen of Nepal, Gautam is active in Nepal's civil society in promoting human rights, socioeconomic development, democracy, and good governance. He writes on, speaks about, and informally advises Nepal's political and civil society leadership as well as the international community on Nepal's peace process, consolidation of democracy, human rights, and socioeconomic development.
==Early Life and Education==


Internationally, he continues to be active in advocacy of the UN [[Sustainable Development Goals]], particularly in the areas of child rights, global health, basic education, and human development.
Kul Chandra Gautam was born to Om Prasad and Heema Gautam in the small village of Amarpur in [[Gulmi District]] of western Nepal. When he grew up, Amarpur village had no school, no health post, no running water, and no roads. As a child, Gautam learned his alphabets from his barely literate grandfather Kapil Mani Gautam. He studies Sanskrit and Hindu scriptures first from a guru in a neighboring village and later in Benaras. A suggestion to obtain an “English” education to prepare for a government job meant that Gautam then attended Janata Vidyalaya school in Tansen, Plapa – a 3 days walk away from his village. In school, Gautam achieved good marks, voraciously read Nepali literature, wrote essays and poems, and was recognzed as a “Bal Kabi” or young poet-laureate by the district commissioner of [[Palpa]]. Kul completed the last year of his high school from the J.P. High School in Kathmandu, scoring among the top students in the nationwide SLC exams.


== Publications ==
After high school, Kul attended Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, USA. It took Kul Gautam 2 years to get his passport, during which time he studied at Tri-Chandra College in Kathmandu and obtained the I.A. (Intermediate of Arts) diploma, again ranking among the top students in the nation. At this time, Gautam worked as a part-time translator at the USAID mission in Kathmandu, and tutored college students for income.
Gautam writes and speaks extensively on international development, human rights, and human development; global health, education, child protection; the role of the United Nations; and on issues related to the peace process, democracy, and good governance in Nepal as well as globally.


Gautam's memoir, ''Global Citizen from Gulmi: My Journey from the Hills of Nepal to the Halls of the United Nations'', was published by Nepalaya Publications in 2018.'''<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/9937921252/|title=Global Citizen from Gulmi|last=Gautam|first=Kul|publisher=Nepalaya|year=2018|isbn=978-9937921251|location=Nepal}}</ref>''' Another book, ''Lost in Transition: Rebuilding Nepal from the Maoist Mayhem and Mega Earthquake'',<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/9937909015|title=Mr|last=Gautam|first=Kul|publisher=Nepalaya|year=2018|isbn=978-9937909013|location=Nepal}}</ref> was published in 2015.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Lost in transition : rebuilding Nepal from the Maoist mayhem and mega earthquake|last=Chandra|first=Gautam, Kul|isbn=9789937905824|oclc=965139763}}</ref>
At Dartmouth, Gautam majored in International Relations. He was in the Dean’s List and graduated cum laude. He was active in the 1960s student movement against US war in Vietnam. He was one of the founders and the first President of the International Students Association at Dartmouth, and active in extracurriculars such as the student Model United Nations project. His interest and activism in the anti-war movement had led him to learn more about the history and politics of Vietnam and Indo-China and lent him a fascination for the region. Gautam then studied the French language, which would serve him well in his future assignments with the United Nations.


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== Awards ==
Gautam completed a Master of Public Affairs (MPA) in economic development from the [[Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs]] at [[Princeton University]]. In 1973, he was recruited by UNICEF to serve in war-torn Cambodia, a fulfillment of his dream to work for the United Nations in Indo-China<ref name=Interview>{{cite web|url=http://www.radiodovaan.com/Guests/kcgautam.htm |accessdate=2011-06-13 | title=Kul Gautam Interview}}</ref>.
* [https://www.peacecorpsconnect.org/articles/nepal-diplomat-receives-npcas-harris-wofford-award The 2018 Harris Wofford Global Citizen Award], conferred by the [[National Peace Corps Association|US National Peace Corps Association.]]
* [https://www.dartmouth.edu/~mlk/awards/sjaarchive.html Martin Luther King, Jr. Social Justice Award for Lifetime Achievement, conferred by] [https://www.dartmouth.edu/~mlk/awards/sjaarchive.html Dartmouth College, USA in 2009].
* [http://audreyhepburn.org/post/152551913776/kul-chandra-gautam The Audrey Hepburn Humanitarian Award], conferred by [http://audreyhepburn.org/post/152418773736/kul-chandra-gautam UNICEF USA in 2008]
* The Bal-Kavi (Child Poet-Laureate) Award, conferred by District Commissioner of Palpa, Nepal in 1964


== Current positions and activities ==
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== Career ==
* Chair, [[Results (organisation)|RESULTS Inc]] and RESULTS Education Fund (USA)<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2016-06-30/diplomat-kul-chandra-gautam-appointed-results-chairman.html|title=Diplomat Kul Chandra Gautam appointed Results Chairman|access-date=2017-05-28|language=en}}</ref>
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* Chair, Arigatou International Council of Prayer and Action for Children (Japan/USA)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://prayerandactionforchildren.org/who-we-are|title=Prayer and Action for Children – World Day of Prayer and Action for Children – Who We Are|last=Mesa|first=Matthew|website=prayerandactionforchildren.org|language=en-gb|access-date=2017-05-28}}</ref>
* Chair, Programme Committee, [[Oxfam GB|OXFAM GB]] Council (UK)<ref name=Oxfam>{{Cite web|url=http://www.oxfam.org.uk/what-we-do/about-us/our-trustees|title=Oxfam's CEO, Directors and Trustees |publisher=[[Oxfam GB]]|language=en|access-date=2017-05-28}}</ref>
* Co-Chair, Independent Accountability Panel for Every Woman, Child and Adolescent (UN/WHO)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://iapewec.org/about/members/kul-gautam/|title=Kul Gautam (Co-Chair)|date=2016-09-20|work=Independent Accountability Panel|access-date=2017-05-28|language=en-US}}</ref>
* Vice-Chair, [[GoodWeave International]] (USA)
* Vice Chair, Aarogya (Health) Foundation (Nepal)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.aarogyafoundation.org.np/our-team|title=Our Team {{!}}{{!}} Aarogya Foundation::|website=www.aarogyafoundation.org.np|language=en|access-date=2017-05-28}}</ref>
* International Trustee, [[Religions for Peace]] (USA)
* Member, Steering Committee of the Fund to End Violence against Children
* Champion, [[Global Partnership for Education]]
* Advisor, Non-Resident Nepalese Association<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://nrna.org.np/article-patron_advisors|title=NRNA|website=nrna.org.np|access-date=2017-05-28}}</ref>
* Advisor, Nepal Public Health Foundation (Nepal)
* Advisor, Rato Bangla Educational Foundation (Nepal)
* Advisor, Retired UN Staff Association, Nepal<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.xunicef.org/2015/06/martin-mogwanja-joins-unicef-former-staff-catagory-after-37-years-2015-june/|title=Martin Mogwanja, joins "unicef former staff" {{Sic|cat|agory|hide=y}} after 37 years, 2015 – June {{!}} …eX-Unicef to become "cf46.net"|website=www.xunicef.org|language=en-US|access-date=2017-05-28}}</ref>
* Board Member, Madan Pustakalaya Foundation (Nepal)
* Patron, Hima Gautam Memorial Trust, [[Amarpur, Nepal|Amarpur]]-Gulmi (Nepal)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.kulgautam.org/charity/|title=Kul Gautam » Charity|website=www.kulgautam.org|language=en-US|access-date=2017-05-28}}</ref>
* Past President, Rotary Club of Kathmandu Mid-town (Nepal)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://rotarymidtown.org.np/index.php/members/|title=Members {{!}} The Rotary Club of Kathmandu Mid Town|website=rotarymidtown.org.np|language=en-US|access-date=2017-05-28}}</ref>


== Previous positions and activities ==
Kul progressed rapidly in his career with the [[United Nations]], taking on challenging assignments and demonstrating good managerial and leadership skills. After serving as Programme officer for [[UNICEF]] in Indonesia, Kul became the youngest UNICEF country Representative in Laos. He was the first UNICEF Representative to Haiti during the politically turbulent times in the early 1980s.
* Chair, Programme Committee, [[Oxfam GB|OXFAM GB]] Council, (2014- 2018) (UK)<ref name=Oxfam/>
* Special Advisor to [[Prime Minister of Nepal]] on International Affairs and Peace Process (2010–11)
* Nepal's candidate for President of 66th session of UN General Assembly (2010–11)
* Chair, Gautam Buddha International Peace Award Committee, Nepal (2010–11)
* Chair of the Board, Citizens Bank International, Nepal (2010–11)
* Patron, Rollback Violence Campaign (Himsa Antya Abhiyan), Nepal (2009-2011)
* Champion, Global Partnership for Education (GPE)
* Chair/Member, Micronutrient Initiative, Canada (2001-2009)
* Chair, Audrey Hepburn Children's Fund (USA 2008-09)
* Chair, Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Geneva, (2005-2007)
* Member, Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI) Board (2004-2007)
* Member, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) Board (2005–07)
* Member, Inter-faith Council for Ethics Education (2003–10)
* Member, Board of Governors of University of the World (USA), 2013–15
* Patron, Chance for Change: Inspiring Young Futures (Nepal/UK)
* Advisor, South Asia Food and Nutrition Security Initiative (World Bank)


== Positions held at UNICEF and the United Nations ==
Kul later became Chief for Latin America and the Caribbean at UNICEF headquarters in New York – an unusual honour and a challenge for an Asian who rapidly acquired proficiency in the Spanish language and on the development dynamics of a new continent.
*[[Assistant-Secretary-General of the United Nations|Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.unicef.org/about/who/index_24852.html|title=Interview with Deputy Executive Director Kul Gautam|work=UNICEF|access-date=2017-05-28|language=en-US}}</ref> Deputy Executive Director of UNICEF (2000–2007)

* Regional Director, UNICEF, for East Asia and the Pacific (1998–2000)
Kul became UNICEF’s Director of Planning and Coordination in 1988. In that capacity he was given prime responsibility for master-minding the largest gathering of world leaders at the 1990 World Summit for Children at the United Nations in New York. The Declaration and Plan of Action of the Summit which Kul had a hand in crafting has become one of the best known and most effective instrument of international advocacy and action for the well-being of the world’s children today.
* Special Representative, UNICEF, India (1997)

* Director, UNICEF Programme Division, New York (1993–1996)
Kul also served as UNICEF’s Director of Programmes overseeing the policy-making and priority-setting of this billion dollars a year international organization working in over 160 countries. For brief periods he also served as UNICEF’s Special Representative for India and Regional Director for the Asia Pacific region.
* Director, Planning and Coordination, UNICEF, New York (1989–1992)

* Chief, Latin America and the Caribbean, UNICEF, New York (1986–88)
== Recognition ==
* UNICEF Representative, Haiti (1983–86), and Laos (1979–82)

* UNICEF Programme Officer, Indonesia (1975–79), and Cambodia (1973–75)
As the Deputy Executive Director of UNICEF, holding the rank of Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations, Kul Chandra Gautam has held the highest-ranking posts in the United Nations as a Nepali.

In June, 2008, Gautam was awarded the [[Audrey Hepburn Humanitarian Award]]<ref>http://www.audreyhepburn.com/menu/index.php?idMenu=42&pg=3</ref>.


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
== External links ==
* {{Official website}}
* [http://www.kulgautam.org kulgautam.org]


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Kul Chandra Gautam

Kul Chandra Gautam is a diplomat, development professional, and a former senior official of the United Nations. Currently, he serves on the boards of several international and national organizations, charitable foundations and public-private partnerships. Previously, he served in senior managerial and leadership positions with the United Nations in several countries, in a career spanning over three decades. He is a former deputy executive director of UNICEF and Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations.

He served as special adviser to the Prime Minister of Nepal on international affairs and the peace process from 2010 to 2011.

A citizen of Nepal, Gautam is active in Nepal's civil society in promoting human rights, socioeconomic development, democracy, and good governance. He writes on, speaks about, and informally advises Nepal's political and civil society leadership as well as the international community on Nepal's peace process, consolidation of democracy, human rights, and socioeconomic development.

Internationally, he continues to be active in advocacy of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, particularly in the areas of child rights, global health, basic education, and human development.

Publications

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Gautam writes and speaks extensively on international development, human rights, and human development; global health, education, child protection; the role of the United Nations; and on issues related to the peace process, democracy, and good governance in Nepal as well as globally.

Gautam's memoir, Global Citizen from Gulmi: My Journey from the Hills of Nepal to the Halls of the United Nations, was published by Nepalaya Publications in 2018.[1] Another book, Lost in Transition: Rebuilding Nepal from the Maoist Mayhem and Mega Earthquake,[2] was published in 2015.[3]

Awards

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Current positions and activities

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  • Chair, RESULTS Inc and RESULTS Education Fund (USA)[4]
  • Chair, Arigatou International Council of Prayer and Action for Children (Japan/USA)[5]
  • Chair, Programme Committee, OXFAM GB Council (UK)[6]
  • Co-Chair, Independent Accountability Panel for Every Woman, Child and Adolescent (UN/WHO)[7]
  • Vice-Chair, GoodWeave International (USA)
  • Vice Chair, Aarogya (Health) Foundation (Nepal)[8]
  • International Trustee, Religions for Peace (USA)
  • Member, Steering Committee of the Fund to End Violence against Children
  • Champion, Global Partnership for Education
  • Advisor, Non-Resident Nepalese Association[9]
  • Advisor, Nepal Public Health Foundation (Nepal)
  • Advisor, Rato Bangla Educational Foundation (Nepal)
  • Advisor, Retired UN Staff Association, Nepal[10]
  • Board Member, Madan Pustakalaya Foundation (Nepal)
  • Patron, Hima Gautam Memorial Trust, Amarpur-Gulmi (Nepal)[11]
  • Past President, Rotary Club of Kathmandu Mid-town (Nepal)[12]

Previous positions and activities

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  • Chair, Programme Committee, OXFAM GB Council, (2014- 2018) (UK)[6]
  • Special Advisor to Prime Minister of Nepal on International Affairs and Peace Process (2010–11)
  • Nepal's candidate for President of 66th session of UN General Assembly (2010–11)
  • Chair, Gautam Buddha International Peace Award Committee, Nepal (2010–11)
  • Chair of the Board, Citizens Bank International, Nepal (2010–11)
  • Patron, Rollback Violence Campaign (Himsa Antya Abhiyan), Nepal (2009-2011)
  • Champion, Global Partnership for Education (GPE)
  • Chair/Member, Micronutrient Initiative, Canada (2001-2009)
  • Chair, Audrey Hepburn Children's Fund (USA 2008-09)
  • Chair, Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Geneva, (2005-2007)
  • Member, Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI) Board (2004-2007)
  • Member, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) Board (2005–07)
  • Member, Inter-faith Council for Ethics Education (2003–10)
  • Member, Board of Governors of University of the World (USA), 2013–15
  • Patron, Chance for Change: Inspiring Young Futures (Nepal/UK)
  • Advisor, South Asia Food and Nutrition Security Initiative (World Bank)

Positions held at UNICEF and the United Nations

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  • Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations,[13] Deputy Executive Director of UNICEF (2000–2007)
  • Regional Director, UNICEF, for East Asia and the Pacific (1998–2000)
  • Special Representative, UNICEF, India (1997)
  • Director, UNICEF Programme Division, New York (1993–1996)
  • Director, Planning and Coordination, UNICEF, New York (1989–1992)
  • Chief, Latin America and the Caribbean, UNICEF, New York (1986–88)
  • UNICEF Representative, Haiti (1983–86), and Laos (1979–82)
  • UNICEF Programme Officer, Indonesia (1975–79), and Cambodia (1973–75)

References

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  1. ^ Gautam, Kul (2018). Global Citizen from Gulmi. Nepal: Nepalaya. ISBN 978-9937921251.
  2. ^ Gautam, Kul (2018). Mr. Nepal: Nepalaya. ISBN 978-9937909013.
  3. ^ Chandra, Gautam, Kul. Lost in transition : rebuilding Nepal from the Maoist mayhem and mega earthquake. ISBN 9789937905824. OCLC 965139763.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ "Diplomat Kul Chandra Gautam appointed Results Chairman". Retrieved 2017-05-28.
  5. ^ Mesa, Matthew. "Prayer and Action for Children – World Day of Prayer and Action for Children – Who We Are". prayerandactionforchildren.org. Retrieved 2017-05-28.
  6. ^ a b "Oxfam's CEO, Directors and Trustees". Oxfam GB. Retrieved 2017-05-28.
  7. ^ "Kul Gautam (Co-Chair)". Independent Accountability Panel. 2016-09-20. Retrieved 2017-05-28.
  8. ^ "Our Team || Aarogya Foundation::". www.aarogyafoundation.org.np. Retrieved 2017-05-28.
  9. ^ "NRNA". nrna.org.np. Retrieved 2017-05-28.
  10. ^ "Martin Mogwanja, joins "unicef former staff" catagory after 37 years, 2015 – June | …eX-Unicef to become "cf46.net"". www.xunicef.org. Retrieved 2017-05-28.
  11. ^ "Kul Gautam » Charity". www.kulgautam.org. Retrieved 2017-05-28.
  12. ^ "Members | The Rotary Club of Kathmandu Mid Town". rotarymidtown.org.np. Retrieved 2017-05-28.
  13. ^ "Interview with Deputy Executive Director Kul Gautam". UNICEF. Retrieved 2017-05-28.
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