UNFSU Executive Elections
Mark Polane is a company Romance Manager who has long been serving since the UNFSU president along with Leila and Liliya as his Vice Presidents considering that September 2019. His previous assignment was throughout the Regional Area Technological know-how Support in Entebbe, Uganda. His United Nations career began in 1992 when he joined the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO) in Jerusalem being a Field Support Officer, (Radio Operator). His job path led him to work in several capacities mostly in Data & Communications Technological know-how but additionally in Residence/Belongings administration and supply and also Human Useful resource administration. From ’92 to 2000 he worked in UNTSO, MINURSO, UNPF and UNIKOM, returning to UNTSO, Jerusalem to presume the Presidency on the then termed “Field Assistance Personnel Union”, which less than his leadership was expanded to include a illustration of all Global Team in UN Peacekeeping, As a result starting to be the sphere Team Union. After completing two terms in Workplace he returned to work inside the ICT sector and subsequently worked in UNTSO, Jerusalem, UN-Headquarters, New York, UNGSC, Brindisi and finally UN-Entebbe, Uganda. He retains a Learn’s of Science diploma in Intercontinental Administration with the College of Liverpool.
Mark is captivated with Management, Know-how, Human Legal rights and equality. He also includes a passion for lifelong Studying and it is an avid reader. He has served on numerous FSU Committees in various capacities championing staff results in all over his 27-12 months occupation within the UN. He's a skilful negotiator, mediator and author. He has an modern attitude and a significant photo vision. He's philosophical and has a keen comprehension of proper and Incorrect, ethics and integrity, and communicates his views and convictions Obviously and passionately.
Mark is really a citizen with the Netherlands, born in Belgium to two Dutch Parents. He grew up in a really compact village in the rural Netherlands. He speaks fluent English and manages somewhat in Spanish, Italian, Hebrew and a small amount of Arabic. As a younger man of sixteen many years, he joined the Royal Netherlands Navy, which charted his Intercontinental adventure. He's Fortunately married and has two Grownup step-little ones along with a twenty years old son.
He intends to guide the FSU by case in point, emphasizing integrity, honesty, and steadfast workers illustration for all UN International personnel working in UN Peacekeeping. He hopes to carry ground breaking answers that happen to be mutually advantageous to personnel as well as Business.
Liliya Galieva
For the reason that early phase of my career, subsequent graduation from Gorky Condition Linguistic College in Russia, I labored with international organizations including the Entire world Lender (1992-1993) and American Council of Academics of Russian (ACTR), an American NGO under the auspices of the program in the Bureau of Academic and Cultural Affairs of The usa Section of Point out. I had been very pleased to add to the event of my city of Nizhniy Novgorod (by the way the town hosted Football Cup 2018 in Russia) while working on Globe Bank tasks of upgrading community transport, finance and housing techniques. A lot more exciting and gratifying time was when I worked for ACTR (1993-1998), addressing exchange applications for students and university professors. At the same time, I pursued my Regulation Diploma at Gorky Condition University. Later, I became an exchange pupil myself and obtained Edmund S. Muskie Graduate Fellowship grant at Harvard University (1998-2000). Which was an exuberant time and position, wherever I fulfilled one of the most remarkable people and was uncovered not simply to educational minds and souls but additionally to passionate and dedicated people today from all around the planet. That was the most crucial advantage of currently being a pupil of Kennedy Faculty of presidency, my second Alma Mater.
Just after Harvard College, my era of UN has started and continues still. From the yr 2000 I joined the UN Peacekeeping mission in Kosovo, following the institution of UNMIK by SCR 1244 in 1999. Becoming a Civil Affairs Officer, I had been privileged to work on distinctive assignments and in different locations of Kosovo, ranging from central Kosovo, with the North Mitrovica location (engaged in publish-conflict reconstruction, humanitarian aid, and local ability developing by democratic elections) and continuing inside the West of Kosovo, where by I used to be serving as The pinnacle of Field Office environment coping with non-the greater part problems, cultural heritage, returns and advertisement hoc stability incidents affecting non-the greater part communities. It absolutely was an extremely hard and fascinating task, which was wholly fitting my character Together with the cornerstone remaining assisting the vulnerable. Currently being Element of local authorities constructions, I figured out area languages (Serbo-Croatian, and I was halfway with colloquial Albanian) In addition to my English, German and rusty Spanish. Italian is additionally progressing properly. Now, I'm an incumbent UNFSU VP since 2019 and my two-year tenure coincided Using the CoviD-19 pandemic and also the problems of modifying to the various modes of work and representing the international staff in field missions as UNFSU VP.
My personal challenge was to lift up my son and an orphan nephew, remaining a distant-Management mother and aunt. They the two are more than thirty now and they're on the ideal observe. Just lately I grew to become a grandmother of an attractive granddaughter Ekaterina. Lifestyle goes on.
To experience travelling adventures, looking at new destinations, Assembly new individuals, learning new languages is my enthusiasm. My 2nd enthusiasm is athletics. Pilates keeps my mind and overall body in sanity form. Bicycling and hiking make it possible for me to discover the beauties from the area character.
In 2006, I was elected as Vice-Chair to FSU Council in UNMIK. And I've faced lots of issues because that interval including the complicated downsizing approach in 2012-2013, when UNMIK FSU pushed the mission leadership to accommodate downsized staff to unique missions, by creating a letter to your incumbent SG, Ban Ki-Moon. Yet another terrific good results, which UNMIK FSU obtained beneath my Management and assistance of world FSU in 2018 was an assessment in the Hardship classification of Responsibility UNFSU Election Stations, Pristina and Mitrovica, that is in result since January 2019.
Throughout my tenure as UNFSU VP, I used to be part of the SMC WG on Mobility and Variety, Downsizing, Effectiveness Management managing the procedures. I helped our colleagues from Haiti mission to challenge the Leadership determination to chop the entitlements retroactively due to Covid -19 and they have been prosperous in profitable the MEU cases. Our Team worked on adjustments from the UNFSU Structure so that you can streamline it with a far more progressive way of representing the staff. I also worked on individual instances in the workers relating to Cigna and UN Pension Fund. Our crew proven authorized support to our colleagues throughout the UN retirees Doing work pro bono and assisting the employees to prepare cases for the UN interior Justice process. UNFSU Staff Foreseeable future was actively engaged with DMSPC about accommodating the downsized staff members from closing missions UNAMID, UNOGBIS and Burundi. In excess of one hundred colleagues had been put in various missions and have been capable of maintain their jobs. And it remains to be a work in development.
Consequently, I am looking ahead to getting re-elected for another expression and symbolize all UN International Staff members in the field missions with pleasure and dignity and keep on fighting for right situations of service and payment for all hardship that our personnel is encountering in different missions.
Leila Manly-Spain is really an Administrative Officer and one of many incumbent Vice Presidents of the present UNFSU Executive. Her United Nations job began in 2004 when she joined the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) for a United Nations Volunteer (UNV). She has given that Mark Polane then labored UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS), United Nations Support Office environment for Somalia (UNSOS), UN Regional Service Centre, Entebbe right up until she and her team, Crew Upcoming had been elected to function the UNFSU Govt Team in September 2019.
An accountant by occupation, she is likewise a Certified Instruction Qualified (CTP) and serves as a Peacekeeping Instruction Officer in the Corporation. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Organization Administration with the College of Sunderland and is at present pursuing a certificate in Human Methods Administration, to empower her to raised provide the UNFSU Election team of UN field entities.
Leila is captivated with Management and team causes, especially in the field of Understanding and advancement. She has served in Discipline Personnel Unions (FSU) committees due to UNFSU the fact 2006 and has actually been thriving in championing many team results in. She's an avid coach, specializing in UN competencies and also other human (comfortable) capabilities. Leila is recognized for her Power, zest for life and skill being frank and authentic.
Leila can be a Guinea Bissau national, born in Egypt, to diplomat mothers and fathers and Therefore grew up in Russia, The usa, The Gambia and the United Kingdom. She is fluent in English, Portuguese Creole, English Krio, and Wolof. She may get by in French, Spanish and Italian. Staying a FSU product of the multicultural upbringing, she is usually open to new ordeals and is extremely respectful and appreciative of cultural dynamics and diversity concerns. Leila is married with three small children.
Leila is driven from the perception that no-one should at any time truly feel by itself inside their difficult periods and is known to provide all staff (Global and national), as she definitely lives the UNFSU motto, that we've been “More powerful alongside one another”.
Leila hopes in order to go on to serve the awesome employees with the UN area entities and also to bring her really like of everyday living, diversity, Management and pursuit of excellence into the FSU Executive Overall body. She is counting on your vote for making this a truth and it is would like to say, “Thanks, for your privilege and honour of doing so”.