Ameerah Haq | |
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![]() Haq in 2011 | |
Born | Sylhet, Bangladesh |
Nationality | Bangladeshi |
Alma mater | Western College for Women Columbia University New York University |
Ameerah Haq is a Bangladeshi technocrat who served as United Nations Under-Secretary-General for the Department of Field Support, the highest-ranking Bangladeshi official at the United Nations, from April 2012 until her resignation in July 2014.[1] Subsequently, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon appointed her as one of the co-chairs of the High-Level Independent Panel on Peace Operations.[2] Haq also served as the Secretary-General's Special Representative for Timor-Leste and Head of the United Nations Integrated Mission in East Timor (UNMIT). Haq joined the UN in 1976.
In 2015, Haq was appointed as a member of the board[3] of the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD), a private diplomacy organization whose mission is to help mitigate armed violence through dialogue and mediation.[citation needed]