Angela Kane

Who is Angela Kane?

Angela Kane is the current UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs and former Under-Secretary-General for Management in the United Nations.

Kane has served in many positions during her career at the United Nations. She was named as new UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs on 8 March 2012, replacing Sergio de Queiroz Duarte. Between May 2008 and 2012, she was Under-Secretary-General for Management, and prior to that she was Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, focusing on preventing and resolving conflicts. In this capacity, she was in charge of two regional divisions, decolonization, the question of Palestine, and supported several special political missions in Iraq, Nepal and the Middle East.

She also served as Assistant Secretary-General for General Assembly and Conference Management, where she concentrated on the implementation of reform initiatives, integrated global management, the use of information technology tools and the repositioning of the Department as a proactive and efficient service provider.

From 1999 to 2003, she acted as director in the United Nations Department of Political Affairs.

From 1995 to 1999, Kane held a managerial position in the Department of Public Information, where she was responsible for United Nations publications. In this capacity, she administered the putting in place of the online documentation system through the UN website available in all official UN languages.