[Governance] UN Tech Envoy is Fabrizio Hochschild Drummond

[Nnenna Nwakanma]

Secretary-General appoints Mr. Fabrizio Hochschild Drummond of Chile as his
Envoy on Technology

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the
appointment of Fabrizio Hochschild Drummond of Chile as his Envoy on
Technology.

Taking into account the growing prominence of technology issues and the
recognition that the United Nations must enhance its efforts on digital
cooperation and global connectivity, the Envoy will lead the implementation
of the Secretary-General’s Roadmap on Digital Cooperation in close
consultation with Member States, the technology industry, civil society and
other stakeholders.  The Envoy will complement ongoing technology related
efforts in relevant bodies and entities within the United Nations system.

Mr. Hochschild most recently supported the Secretary-General in
coordinating the preparations for the commemoration of the Organization’s
seventy-fifth anniversary. In this capacity, he continued to support the
Secretary-General on issues related to frontier technologies and the
follow-up to the High-Level Panel on Digital Cooperation.

He brings diversified senior leadership experience, both at Headquarters
and in the field, having served as Assistant Secretary-General for
Strategic Coordination in the Executive Office of the Secretary-General,
Deputy Special Representative for the United Nations Multidimensional
Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA),
United Nations Resident Coordinator, Humanitarian Coordinator and Resident
Representative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in
Colombia; Director of the Field Personnel Division in the then Department
of Field Support in New York; and as Chief of Field Operations and
Technical Cooperation in the Office of the High Commissioner for Human
Rights (OHCHR) in Geneva.

He began his United Nations career in 1988 with the Office of the United
Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Sudan and served in
subsequent postings with UNHCR, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency
for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), the Office for the
Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and in United Nations
peacekeeping.

Mr. Hochschild is a graduate of the University of Oxford in the United
Kingdom. He is fluent in English, French, German and Spanish.

New York, 22 January 2021
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