Éliane Duthoit

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 was pivotal ^{[unbalanced opinion?]} 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. She played a major role there, 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 2007, she was appointed by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon as head of the OCHA office in Chad.

When not working, she lives in Brittany, and has three daughters. ^{[citation needed]}

Preceded by unknown	Head of the OCHA Office, Uganda 2002–2005	Succeeded by Tim Pitt
Preceded by unknown	Head of the OCHA Office, Nepal 2005–2006	Succeeded by unknown
Preceded by Rudolph Muller	Head of the OCHA Office, Southern Sudan 2006–2007	Succeeded by vacant
Preceded by Ines Brill	Head of the OCHA Office, Chad 2007–present day	Succeeded by n/a - incumbent

References

[1] "Northern Uganda: a humanitarian crisis that demands sustained focus".

[2] "Chechen refugees facing different fear".

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