[Governance] UN Tech Envoy is Fabrizio Hochschild Drummond

[Caleb Olumuyiwa Ogundele]

Indeed a welcome news. Congratulations to Fabrizio.

Caleb Ogundele

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On Sat, Jan 23, 2021, 8:50 AM Nnenna Nwakanma via Governance <
governance at lists.igcaucus.org> wrote:

> 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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