DENIS J. HALLIDAY APPOINTED UNITED NATIONS HUMANITARIAN COORDINATOR OF OIL-FOR-FOOD PROGRAMME IN IRAQ, EFFECTIVE 1 SEPTEMBER
Press Release
SG/A/646*
BIO/3089
DENIS J. HALLIDAY APPOINTED UNITED NATIONS HUMANITARIAN COORDINATOR OF OIL-FOR-FOOD PROGRAMME IN IRAQ, EFFECTIVE 1 SEPTEMBER
19970804 Biographical Note Secretary-General Kofi Annan today announced his appointment of Assistant Secretary-General Denis J. Halliday, a national of Ireland, as Humanitarian Coordinator of the Oil-for-Food Programme in Iraq (Security Council resolution 1111). This programme falls within the mandate of the Department of Humanitarian Affairs.Since mid-1994, Mr. Halliday has served as Assistant Secretary-General for Human Resources Management in the Department of Administration and Management. Immediately prior to the Office of the Office of Human Resources Management, he was Regional Representative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and United Nations Resident Coordinator in Thailand. Mr. Halliday has spent most of his United Nations career in development and humanitarian assistance-related functions.
Mr. Halliday began his career in 1962, as a Quaker volunteer in Kenya. He joined the United Nations in 1964 as a Junior Professional Officer in Iran for UNDP's forerunner, the United Nations TAB/Special Fund. From 1966 until 1972, he served in UNDP headquarters in New York. Between 1972 and 1981, he held the posts of Deputy Regional Representative in Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei; Deputy Resident Representative in Indonesia; and Resident Representative in Western Samoa. Once again in UNDP headquarters, he served from 1981 until 1985 in the Bureau for Asia and the Pacific; from 1985 to 1987 as Deputy Director of UNDP's Division of Personnel; and from 1987 to 1989 as Chef de Cabinet to the Administrator. From 1989 until the end of 1993, he was Director of UNDP's Division of Personnel.
Mr. Halliday graduated from Trinity College, Dublin and has a Master of Arts degree in economics and public administration.
He is married and has a daughter.
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* This supersedes Press Release SG/A/588-BIO/2875 dated 15 July 1994.