Martin Griffiths

Martin Griffiths (born 3 July 1951) is a British diplomat who served as the United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen at the Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen from 16 February 2018 to 19 July 2021.[1]

Martin Griffiths
United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen
In office
16 February 2018 – 19 July 2021
Appointed byAntónio Guterres
Preceded byIsmail Ould Cheikh Ahmed
Succeeded byHans Grundberg
United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator
Assumed office
19 July 2021
Appointed byAntónio Guterres
Preceded byMark Lowcock
Personal details
Born (1951-07-03) July 3, 1951
NationalityBritish
Children2

Biography
Griffiths meets with U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 14, 2019.

Griffiths holds a Master Degree in Southeast Asian studies from the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London, and he is a qualified barrister.[2] Griffiths is a career diplomat. Griffiths previously served as the first executive director of the European Institute of Peace from 2016 to September 2018.[3] In 1999, he helped launch the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue in Geneva.[4]

In February 2021, Griffiths visited Iran to find a political solution to the Yemeni Civil War.[5] Efforts to end the conflict were largely unsuccessful. On 12 May 2021, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced that he had appointed Griffiths as Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).[6]

References
  1. "Special Envoy". United Nations Secretary-General. 2019-01-25. Retrieved 2019-06-13.
  2. "Mr. Martin Griffiths of the United Kingdom - Special Envoy for Yemen". United Nations Secretary-General. February 16, 2018.
  3. "Special Announcement: Michael Keating as new Executive Director | European Institute of Peace". www.eip.org. Retrieved 2019-06-13.
  4. "Who is Martin Griffiths, the British mediator bringing formidable experience to Yemen envoy role?". The National. Retrieved 2019-06-13.
  5. "UN envoy for Yemen in Iran for talks on long-running conflict". Al Jazeera. 7 February 2021.
  6. "Secretary-General Appoints Martin Griffiths of United Kingdom Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Emergency Relief Coordinator". reliefweb.int. 12 May 2021.


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