Current Heads of UN Organizations – Set 3

Current Heads of UN Organizations – Set 3

Test your knowledge of current heads of important United Nations organizations, offices, commissions and missions. This set contains 20 fresh MCQs and does not repeat the officeholders covered in Sets 1 and 2.

1. Who is the current Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)?

• A. Vera Songwe
• B. Claver Gatete
• C. Antonio Pedro
• D. Carlos Lopes

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Correct Answer: B. Claver Gatete
Claver Gatete is the current Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa.

2. Who is the current Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)?

• A. Tatiana Molcean
• B. Olga Algayerova
• C. Vera Songwe
• D. Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana

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Correct Answer: A. Tatiana Molcean
Tatiana Molcean of Moldova is the current Executive Secretary of UNECE.

3. Who is the current Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)?

• A. Alicia Bárcena
• B. José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs
• C. Alicia Bárcena Ibarra
• D. Enrique Iglesias

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Correct Answer: B. José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs
José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs is the current Executive Secretary of ECLAC.

4. Who is the current Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)?

• A. Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana
• B. Noeleen Heyzer
• C. Shamshad Akhtar
• D. Patricia Scotland

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Correct Answer: A. Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana
Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana of Indonesia is the current Executive Secretary of ESCAP.

5. Who is the current Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA)?

• A. Rola Dashti
• B. Rania Abdulmonem Al-Mashat
• C. Amina J. Mohammed
• D. Leila Mokaddem

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Correct Answer: B. Rania Abdulmonem Al-Mashat
Rania Abdulmonem Al-Mashat of Egypt is the current Executive Secretary of ESCWA. She was appointed by the UN Secretary-General in April 2026 and succeeded Rola Dashti.

6. Who is the current Executive Director of the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED)?

• A. Vladimir Voronkov
• B. Natalia Gherman
• C. Jean-Pierre Lacroix
• D. Gilles de Kerchove

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Correct Answer: B. Natalia Gherman
Natalia Gherman is the current Executive Director of the UN Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate.

7. Who is the current Under-Secretary-General for General Assembly and Conference Management?

• A. Movses Abelian
• B. Guy Ryder
• C. Li Junhua
• D. Atul Khare

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Correct Answer: A. Movses Abelian
Movses Abelian is the current Under-Secretary-General for General Assembly and Conference Management.

8. Who is the current Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications at the United Nations?

• A. Melissa Fleming
• B. Stéphane Dujarric
• C. Farhan Haq
• D. Volker Türk

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Correct Answer: A. Melissa Fleming
Melissa Fleming is the current UN Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications.

9. Who is the current Under-Secretary-General for Management Strategy, Policy and Compliance?

• A. Catherine Pollard
• B. Atul Khare
• C. Rosemary DiCarlo
• D. Guy Ryder

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Correct Answer: A. Catherine Pollard
Catherine Pollard is the current Under-Secretary-General for Management Strategy, Policy and Compliance.

10. Who is the current Under-Secretary-General for Operational Support at the United Nations?

• A. Atul Khare
• B. Jean-Pierre Lacroix
• C. Tom Fletcher
• D. Achim Steiner

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Correct Answer: A. Atul Khare
Atul Khare is the current Under-Secretary-General for Operational Support at the United Nations.

11. Who is the current Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations at the United Nations?

• A. Jean-Pierre Lacroix
• B. Hervé Ladsous
• C. Atul Khare
• D. Edmond Mulet

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Correct Answer: A. Jean-Pierre Lacroix
Jean-Pierre François Renaud Lacroix is the current UN Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations.

12. Who is the current High Representative for Disarmament Affairs at the United Nations?

• A. Izumi Nakamitsu
• B. Angela Kane
• C. Rosemary DiCarlo
• D. Amandeep Singh Gill

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Correct Answer: A. Izumi Nakamitsu
Izumi Nakamitsu is the current High Representative for Disarmament Affairs.

13. Who is the current Under-Secretary-General and Special Envoy for Digital and Emerging Technologies?

• A. Amandeep Singh Gill
• B. Fabrizio Hochschild
• C. Guy Ryder
• D. Li Junhua

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Correct Answer: A. Amandeep Singh Gill
Amandeep Singh Gill is the current UN Under-Secretary-General and Special Envoy for Digital and Emerging Technologies.

14. Who is the current Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG)?

• A. Tatiana Valovaya
• B. Rosemary DiCarlo
• C. Izumi Nakamitsu
• D. Catherine Pollard

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Correct Answer: A. Tatiana Valovaya
Tatiana Valovaya is the current Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva and also serves as Secretary-General of the Conference on Disarmament.

15. Who is the current Acting Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)?

• A. Philippe Lazzarini
• B. Christian Saunders
• C. Matthias Schmale
• D. Tom Fletcher

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Correct Answer: B. Christian Saunders
Christian Saunders is currently serving as Acting Commissioner-General of UNRWA.

16. Who is the current Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan and Head of UNAMA?

• A. Roza Otunbayeva
• B. Rabab Fatima
• C. Georgette Gagnon
• D. Deborah Lyons

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Correct Answer: B. Rabab Fatima
Rabab Fatima of Bangladesh is the current Special Representative for Afghanistan and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). She was appointed in July 2026.

17. Who is the current Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Head of MONUSCO?

• A. Bintou Keita
• B. James Swan
• C. Maman Sidikou
• D. Martin Kobler

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Correct Answer: B. James Swan
James Swan of the United States is the current Special Representative for the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Head of MONUSCO. He was appointed in March 2026.

18. Who is the current Special Representative for Central Africa and Head of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA)?

• A. Abdou Abarry
• B. Mohamed El-Amine Souef
• C. François Louncény Fall
• D. Mankeur Ndiaye

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Correct Answer: B. Mohamed El-Amine Souef
Mohamed El-Amine Souef of the Comoros is the current Special Representative for Central Africa and Head of UNOCA. He was appointed in May 2026.

19. Who is the current Head of Mission and Force Commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL)?

• A. Aroldo Lázaro Sáenz
• B. Diodato Abagnara
• C. Jean-Pierre Lacroix
• D. António Guterres

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Correct Answer: B. Diodato Abagnara
Major General Diodato Abagnara of Italy is the current Head of Mission and Force Commander of UNIFIL.

20. Who is the current Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Haiti and Head of the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH)?

• A. Helen La Lime
• B. Carlos Ruiz Massieu
• C. Daniela Kroslak
• D. Maria Isabel Salvador

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Correct Answer: B. Carlos Ruiz Massieu
Carlos Gabriel Ruiz Massieu Aguirre is the current Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Haiti and Head of BINUH.