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7 October 2009: United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced the appointment of seven new members of the Advisory Group for the $450 million Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF). 

The sixteen-member CERF Advisory Group provides the Secretary-General with expert advice on the use and impact of the Fund through the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, John Holmes.  Mr.  Holmes manages the Fund on behalf of the Secretary-General. 

The Advisory Group was established by the General Assembly under resolution 60/124 of 15 December 2005.  The members include government officials from countries that have contributed to or received funding from CERF, representatives of humanitarian non-governmental organizations, and academic experts.  Members of the Advisory Group serve in their individual capacity, and not as representatives of their countries or governments.

    

New Members

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

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

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

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

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

Existing Members

Ms. Diane Jacovella      
Vice-President: Multilateral and Global Programs Branch, Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
Canada

Ms. Ursula Muller      
Special Representative: Task Force Economic and Financial Crisis
Germany

Mr. George Isaac Amoo      
Former National Coordinator: National Disaster Management Organization
Ghana

Mr. Koji Tsuruoka      
Director-General: International Legal Affairs Bureau
Japan

Mr. Ali Daud Mohamed     
Permanent Secretary: Ministry of State for Special Programmes 
Kenya

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

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

Ms. Elisabeth Rasmusson     
Secretary-General: Norwegian Refugee Council
Norway

Mr. Moazzam Malik     
Director, UN, Conflict, and Humanitarian Division, Department for International Development (DFID)
United Kingdom 


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[Last Update:22 October 2009] 

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