As part of its mission, the United Nations works "to promote social
progress and better standards of life in larger freedom," and "to
employ international machinery for the promotion of the economic and
social advancement of all people." Through a family of UN agencies
and programmes, ranging from the United Nations Children’s Fund
(UNICEF) to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) as well as a
myriad of other assistance, development, food finance, and related organizations,
millions of people have been given the gift of longer, healthier lives.
The plight of suffering individuals around the world has long been
a major concern to Canadians and many have worked through the UN to
improve the situation of less fortunate people around the globe. The
following are a few examples of individuals who have made a difference.
| Barbara
Adams: Works for the UN Non-Governmental Liaison Service. Served
as a consultant to UNICEF and as Associate Director of the Quaker
IN Office, where she worked with UN delegates, staff, and non-government
organizations (NGOs) on economic and social justice issues. |
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| Harry
Black: Became Executive Director of UNICEF in 1974. Led it to
become one of the largest and most respected organizations in Canada.
Elected as Chairman of the Standing Group of National Committees
for UNICEF. Former Director of the UN Association in Canada (UNA-Canada)
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| Newton
Bowles: Joined the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation
Administration ( UNRRA) in 1945. Head of programming for UNICEF’s
global operations (1950). Currently serves on the Board of the UN
NGO Committee on Disarmament and is the UN representative for both
the Group of 78 and UNA-Canada. |
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| A.
J. Brandenberger: Principal consultant of the United Nations
for world cartography. Canadian member of the Committee of International
Experts for the Cartography of Africa at the FAO. |
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| Margaret
Catley-Carlson: Deputy Executive Director of Operations at UNICEF
with the rank of UN Assistant Secretary-General (1981-1983). Helped
frame Canadian policy for the Third UN Conference on Trade and Development
(UNCTAD) and the conference on International Economic Co-operation.
President of the Population Council since 1993. |
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Brock Chisholm:
Helped draft the constitution for and became the first Director-General
of the World Health Organization (WHO). |
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| George
Gordon-Lennox: Became Executive Assistant to the UN High Commissioner
(UNHCR) for Refugees in the 19170s during which time he supervised
the voluntary repatriation of refugees in southern Sudan and Burma,
among other projects. |
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Paul Ignatieff:
Served with UNICEF around the world. Executive Director of the Canadian
Committee for UNICEF (1967-73) Appointed Director of the UN Information
Centre n Tokyo and the UNICEF representative in Japan. Currently
the Director of UNICEF’s Geneva office. |
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| Charles
Lankester: Canadian Ambassador and Permanent Representative
to the UN in New York (1984-88). Chaired the committee which drafted
the five-year UN Secretary General on Africa recovery. Special Advisor
to the UN Secretary General on Africa (1986-91). Appointed Deputy
Director (External Relations) for UNICEF in 1995. Member of the
Advisory Group on the Fourth World Conference on Women (1995) |
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| Pat
Mooney: Frequent youth delegate to UN conferences in the 1960s.
Worked for the UN as its youth representative in Canada. Instrumental
in organizing the NGO lobby at the first World Food Conference in
Rome (1974), establishing the trend of holding NGO conferences in
parallel with IN conferences. |
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Bradley Pett:
Advisor to the UN Relief and Rehabilitation Administration ( UNRRA)
( 1945-1959). Chaired the International Wheat Utilization Mission.
undertook missions for the WHO. |
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Adelaide Sinclair:
Deputy Executive-Director with UNICEF (1957-67). Canadian representative
on UNICEF’s Executive Board and Chairperson of the Board (1951-52).
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| Jean
Steckle: Served in the FAO from 1958 to 1972. Undertook field
work at the village level in Sierra Leone and Ghana to adapt new
agriculture techniques and develop nutritional self-sufficiency.
Also served as Chief of Technical Services in the Nutrition Division
in Rome. |
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Gerald Trant:
Following a lengthy service with the Department of Agriculture,
he became the Executive Director of the world Food council in 1986.
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| Harry
Winsor: Joined the FAO in 1946 as Special Assistant to the Director
of the Fisheries Division and Secretary of FAO’s Standing Advisory
Committee on Fisheries. Organized FAO’s first regional fisheries
development project, covering the Caribbean. FAO’s first Director
of Fisheries of Fisheries Operations (1968-74). Senior Director
of FAO (1974-79) |
