Anthony Banbury was born on 1964 and was appointed the President and Chief Executive Officer of the International Foundation for Electoral Systems in 2018.
16 Facts About Anthony Banbury
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Anthony Banbury served as United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Field Support until 5 February 2016.
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Anthony Banbury retired from this position, afterwards stating that the UN is in dire need of reform.
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From June 2009 until he retired, Banbury served as United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Field Support.
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Anthony Banbury was appointed to this position by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
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From 23 September 2014 to 3 January 2015, Anthony Banbury served as the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Mission for Emergency Ebola Response.
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Anthony Banbury was replaced by Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed following the end of his tour of duty at UNMEER on January 3,2015.
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Anthony Banbury developed a six-point plan for the Secretary-General that was approved by the UN Security Council and contributed to the abatement of the crisis.
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In September 2013 the Secretary-General assigned Anthony Banbury to negotiate with the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons on the establishment of an international mission to remove and destroy Syria's declared chemical weapons stocks and production facilities, following an agreement between US Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
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Anthony Banbury led the negotiations, design and initial capability deployment from the UN side.
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From that position Anthony Banbury designed and led the UN system's operational response to the most deadly natural disaster in the western hemisphere in modern history, working closely with the Haitian government, the US military's Operation Unified Response, and non-governmental organizations to save lives, bring aid to the Haitian people and rebuild MINUSTAH, the UN's peacekeeping mission.
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Anthony Banbury studied political science at Tufts University and obtained his master's degree from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.
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Anthony Banbury received a Diploma of Higher Studies from the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva.
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Anthony Banbury held various positions in the United Nations in his early career.
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Anthony Banbury served as the Asia Regional Director for the World Food Programme in Bangkok from 2003 to 2009, where he managed humanitarian relief and development operations in 14 countries.
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Anthony Banbury was an integral part of the relief operations for the 2004 tsunami and the 2008 Cyclone Nargis.