Éliane Duthoit
Éliane Duthoit (born 1946 in
Career overview
Since the early 1990s, Duthoit was appointed successively
Specific achievements
In Uganda, Éliane Duthoit played an important role in attracting international attention to what the United Nations believed was a forgotten humanitarian crisis.[1]
In Chechnya, she played an important role in facilitating negotiations between the Russian military and Chechen rebels to ensure humanitarian relief for internally displaced persons (IDPs).[2]
In 2006, she was appointed by
In August 2007, with increasing humanitarian needs in Chad, 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. In February 2008 when armed fighting erupted in N'Djamena, she stayed behind as part of a United Nations skeleton team[5]
References
- ^ "Northern Uganda: a humanitarian crisis that demands sustained focus".
- ^ "Chechen refugees facing different fear".
- ^ "UN: Humanitarian food aid leaving the way to development". 12 April 2007.
- ^ "IRIN: Progress in LRA talks, but problems remain for IDPs".
- ^ "UN voices concern over fate of nearly 500,000 people in eastern Chad".