Siddharth Chatterjee
United Nations Resident Coordinator in China
Mr. Siddharth Chatterjee took office as the UN Resident Coordinator in China on 16 January 2021 and presented his letter of credentials to the President of the People’s Republic of China on 14 April 2021. The Resident Coordinator is the highest-ranking representative of the UN Development System in China.
Mr. Chatterjee has more than 25 years of experience in international cooperation, sustainable development, humanitarian coordination and peace and security. Most recently, he served as the UN Resident Coordinator in Kenya after holding other leadership positions across the Organization, including as Resident Representative of the UNDP and Representative of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Kenya; Regional Director for the Middle East and Europe for the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) in Denmark; and Chief of Staff in the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI). He also held leadership positions with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Indonesia, Somalia, South Sudan, and Sudan, and in UN Peacekeeping Operations with the UN Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (UNMIBH). Mr. Chatterjee has also served in the Red Cross Movement (IFRC) as the Chief Diplomat and Head of Resource Mobilization in Switzerland.
He is a regular opinion contributor on humanitarian and development issues for a range of journals including Newsweek, Los Angeles Times, The Hill, Reuters, Huffington Post, Forbes, CNBC Africa, CNN, Al Jazeera, The Guardian, and a number of mainstream Chinese journals.
Mr. Chatterjee holds a master’s degree in public policy from Princeton University in the United States of America and a bachelor’s degree from the National Defence Academy in India.
联合国驻华协调员:常启德(Siddharth Chatterjee)
常启德于 2021 年 1 月 16 日就任联合国驻华协调员,并于 2021 年 4 月 14 日向中国国家主席递交委任书。驻华协调员是联合国发展系统在华的最高级别代表。
常启德先生在国际合作、可持续发展、人道主义协调以及和平与安全领域拥有超过 25 年的工作经验。在履新联合国驻华协调员之前,他是联合国驻肯尼亚协调员。此前,他还曾先后出任过多个联合国领导层职位,包括联合国开发署和人口基金驻肯尼亚代表、联合国项目事务署中东和欧洲区域代表,以及联合国伊拉克援助团办公室主任。他还曾在联合国儿童基金会印度尼西亚、索马里、南苏丹和苏丹办事处担任领导职务,并参与了联合国波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那特派团的维和工作。常启德还曾在瑞士就职于红十字会与红新月会国际联合会,担任首席外联官和资源动员部门负责人。
他经常在各类期刊上就人道主义和发展议题发表文章,其中包括《新闻周刊》、《洛杉矶时报》、《国会山报》、路透社、《赫芬顿邮报》、《福布斯》、CNBC 非洲、美国有线电视新闻网、半岛电视台、《卫报》,以及一些主流中文期刊。
常启德拥有美国普林斯顿大学公共政策硕士学位和印度国防学院学士学位。