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CERF Advisory Group » Advisory Group 2010

17 September 2010: United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced the appointment of 18 members to the Advisory Group of the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF). Eleven of the 18 members have previously served on the Advisory Group. Their re-nomination helps to ensure the continuation of the institutional memory of the Advisory Group, one-third of which should rotate every year.

Established by the General Assembly under Resolution 60/124 of 15 December 2005, the CERF Advisory Group provides the Secretary-General with periodic policy guidance and expert advice on the use and impact of the Fund through the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Valerie Amos. Ms. Amos manages day-to-day operations of the Fund on behalf of the Secretary-General.

Members of the Advisory Group serve in their individual capacity, and not as representatives of their countries or governments. They include government officials from contributing and recipient countries, representatives of humanitarian nongovernmental organizations, and academic experts, and have been carefully selected to reflect a geographical and gender balance.

Photo: CERF Advisory Group meeting 2010

Members

Mr. Milton Rondó Filho
Coordinator-General: International Actions to Combat Hunger
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Brazil

Mr. Hong Zhu
Deputy Director-General: Department of International Trade and Economic Affairs,
Ministry of Commerce
China

Mrs. Luz Amanda Pulido
Director: Risk Management Department,
Ministry of the Interior and Justice
Colombia

Ms. Satu Helinä Lassila
Senior Advisor: Unit for Humanitarian Assistance,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Finland

Ms. Ursula Müller
Deputy Director-General,
External Economic Promotion and Development Policy
Germany

Mr. Koji Tsuruoka
Deputy Vice-Minister for Foreign Policy,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Japan

Mr. Barges Hamoud Al Barges
Chairman,
The Kuwaiti Red Crescent Society
Kuwait

Mr. Mohameden Ould Zein
Head of the Mission for the Coordination of Activities,
The Commissariat of the Food Security
Mauritania

Mr. Rubem Hofliger Topete
Director-General: Natural Disaster Fund Coordination,
Ministry of the Interior
Mexico

Mr. Silvano Langa
Senior Advisor,
Minister of the State Administration
Mozambique

Ms. Yoka Brandt (Chairperson)
Director-General: International Cooperation,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Netherlands

Ms. Janina Ochojska
Founder and Head,
Polska Akcja Humanitarna
Poland

Brigadier General Abdullah Muhammad Al-Sowaidi
General Manager/General Coordinator: General Directorate of Civil Defense/Permanent Emergency Committee
Qatar

Mr. Marius Daniel Dogeanu
Head of European Affairs: International Assistance and International Relations,
Department of Romanian General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations
Romania

Mrs. Elena Madrazo
Director,
Spanish Agency for International Development and Cooperation (AECID)
Spain

Mr. Mikael Lindvall
Minister Counsellor and Chargé d’Affaires,
Embassy of Sweden in Kigali, Rwanda
Sweden

Mr. Osman Nüvit Bektas
Head: Department of the Prime Ministry Disaster and Emergency Management
Turkey

Mr. Jon C. Brause
Deputy Assistant Administrator,
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
United States