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'''Eliane Duthoit''' is a senior [[United Nations]] official working for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs ([[OCHA]]). |
'''Eliane Duthoit''' is a senior [[United Nations]] official working for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs ([[OCHA]]). |
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She was head of the OCHA offices in [[Ingushetia]], [[Uganda]], and [[Nepal]]. |
She was head of the OCHA offices in [[Ingushetia]], [[Uganda]], and [[Nepal]]. |
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In [[Uganda]], she |
In [[Uganda]], she played an important role in attracting international attention to what the [[United Nations]] believed was a forgotten humanitarian crisis.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.un.org/events/tenstories_2006/story.asp?storyID=1300 |title=Northern Uganda: a humanitarian crisis that demands sustained focus}}</ref> While in Chechnya, she played an important role in facilitating negotiations between the [[Russia]]n military and [[Chechenia|Chechen]] rebels to ensure humanitarian relief for [[IDP]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sptimes.ru/index.php?action_id=2&story_id=9173 |title=Chechen refugees facing different fear}}</ref> |
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In [[2006]], she was appointed by [[United Nations]] Secretary-General [[Kofi Annan]] as head of the [[OCHA]] office in [[Juba]], [[Southern Sudan]], under the leadership of Under-Secretary-General [[Jan Egeland]]. |
In [[2006]], she was appointed by [[United Nations]] Secretary-General [[Kofi Annan]] as head of the [[OCHA]] office in [[Juba]], [[Southern Sudan]], under the leadership of Under-Secretary-General [[Jan Egeland]]. This happened at the time when humanitarian needs were gradually leaving the way to development, in which OCHA along with [[United Nations]] agencies reportedly played a role.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900sid/SHES-726Q4T?OpenDocument|title=UN: Humanitarian food aid leaving the way to development}}</ref> In [[Southern Sudan]], she also played a significant role, in facilitating negotiations at the 2006-2007 [[Juba talks]] between the Government of [[Uganda]] and the [[Lord's Resistance Army]], hosted and mediated by the Government of [[Southern Sudan]] with [[United Nations]] support in the person of [[Joaquim Chissano]] as [[Special Envoy of the Secretary-General]] for [[LRA]]-affected areas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=49039|title=IRIN: Progress in LRA talks, but problems remain for IDPs}}</ref> |
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In [[2007]], she was appointed by [[United Nations]] Secretary-General [[Ban Ki Moon]] as head of the [[OCHA]] office in [[Chad]]. |
In August [[2007]], she was appointed by [[United Nations]] Secretary-General [[Ban Ki Moon]] as head of the [[OCHA]] office in [[Chad]], based in the capital [[N'Djamena]]. |
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When not working, she lives in [[Brittany]], and has three daughters. {{Fact|date=September 2007}} |
When not working, she lives in [[Brittany]], and has three daughters. {{Fact|date=September 2007}} |
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Revision as of 13:49, 8 September 2007
Eliane Duthoit is a senior United Nations official working for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
She was head of the OCHA offices in Ingushetia, Uganda, and Nepal.
In Uganda, she played an important role in attracting international attention to what the United Nations believed was a forgotten humanitarian crisis.[1] While in Chechnya, she played an important role in facilitating negotiations between the Russian military and Chechen rebels to ensure humanitarian relief for IDPs.[2]
In 2006, she was appointed by United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan as head of the OCHA office in Juba, Southern Sudan, under the leadership of Under-Secretary-General Jan Egeland. This happened at the time when humanitarian needs were gradually leaving the way to development, in which OCHA along with United Nations agencies reportedly played a role.[3] In Southern Sudan, she also played a significant role, in facilitating negotiations at the 2006-2007 Juba talks between the Government of Uganda and the Lord's Resistance Army, hosted and mediated by the Government of Southern Sudan with United Nations support in the person of Joaquim Chissano as Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for LRA-affected areas.[4]
In August 2007, she was appointed by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon as head of the OCHA office in Chad, based in the capital N'Djamena.
When not working, she lives in Brittany, and has three daughters. [citation needed]