Ameerah Haq

Ameerah Haq
Haq in 2011
Born
Sylhet, Bangladesh
NationalityBangladeshi
Alma materWestern College for Women
Columbia University
New York University

Ameerah Haq is a Bangladeshi technocrat who served as United Nations Under-Secretary-General for the Department of Field Support, the highest-ranking Bangladeshi official at the United Nations, from April 2012 until her resignation in July 2014.[1] Subsequently, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon appointed her as one of the co-chairs of the High-Level Independent Panel on Peace Operations.[2] Haq also served as the Secretary-General's Special Representative for Timor-Leste and Head of the United Nations Integrated Mission in East Timor (UNMIT). Haq joined the UN in 1976.

In 2015, Haq was appointed as a member of the board[3] of the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD), a private diplomacy organization whose mission is to help mitigate armed violence through dialogue and mediation.[citation needed]

  1. ^ "Top UN official Ameera Haq resigns". The Hindu. 16 July 2014. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  2. ^ Section, United Nations Web Services (31 October 2014). "United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon". www.un.org. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  3. ^ "HD welcomes four new members to its Foundation Board". HD Centre. Archived from the original on 19 September 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2015.