Martin Griffiths

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Martin Griffiths
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United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen
In office
16 February 2018 – 19 July 2021
Appointed byAntónio Guterres
Preceded byIsmail Ould Cheikh Ahmed
Succeeded by
United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator
Assumed office
19 July 2021
Appointed byAntónio Guterres
Preceded byMark Lowcock
Personal details
Born (1951-07-03) July 3, 1951 (age 70)
NationalityBritish
Children2

Martin Griffiths (born 3 July 1951) is a British diplomat who served as the United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen at the Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen from 16 February 2018 to 19 July 2021.[1]

Biography[]

Griffiths holds a Master Degree in Southeast Asian studies from the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London, and he is a qualified barrister.[2] Griffiths is a career diplomat. Griffiths previously served as the first executive director of the European Institute of Peace from 2016 to September 2018.[3] In 1999, he helped launch the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue in Geneva.[4]

In February 2021, Griffiths visited Iran to find a political solution to the Yemeni Civil War.[5] Efforts to end the conflict were largely unsuccessful. On 12 May 2021, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced that he had appointed Griffiths as Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).[6]

References[]

  1. ^ "Special Envoy". United Nations Secretary-General. 2019-01-25. Retrieved 2019-06-13.
  2. ^ "Mr. Martin Griffiths of the United Kingdom - Special Envoy for Yemen". United Nations Secretary-General. February 16, 2018.
  3. ^ "Special Announcement: Michael Keating as new Executive Director | European Institute of Peace". www.eip.org. Retrieved 2019-06-13.
  4. ^ "Who is Martin Griffiths, the British mediator bringing formidable experience to Yemen envoy role?". The National. Retrieved 2019-06-13.
  5. ^ "UN envoy for Yemen in Iran for talks on long-running conflict". Al Jazeera. 7 February 2021.
  6. ^ "Secretary-General Appoints Martin Griffiths of United Kingdom Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Emergency Relief Coordinator". reliefweb.int. 12 May 2021.


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