UNFSU Executive Elections
Mark Polane is a company Marriage Manager who is serving since the UNFSU president along with Leila and Liliya as his Vice Presidents considering the fact that September 2019. His last assignment was within the Regional Area Engineering Provider in Entebbe, Uganda. His United Nations job begun in 1992 when he joined the United Nations Truce Supervision Corporation (UNTSO) in Jerusalem as a Field Services Officer, (Radio Operator). His profession path led him to work in different capacities primarily in Data & Communications Know-how but will also in Assets/Belongings administration and provide together with Human Useful resource administration. From ’ninety two to 2000 he labored in UNTSO, MINURSO, UNPF and UNIKOM, returning to UNTSO, Jerusalem to believe the Presidency on the then identified as “Subject Provider Staff members Union”, which underneath his Management was expanded to incorporate a representation of all Worldwide Employees in UN Peacekeeping, Therefore turning into the Field Staff Union. After finishing two conditions in Office environment he returned to operate in the ICT sector and subsequently worked in UNTSO, Jerusalem, UN-Headquarters, Ny, UNGSC, Brindisi and finally UN-Entebbe, Uganda. He holds a Learn’s of Science diploma in Global Management in the University of Liverpool.
Mark is passionate about Management, Know-how, Human Legal rights and equality. He also includes a passion for lifelong learning and is an avid reader. He has served on innumerable FSU Committees in several capacities championing personnel triggers all through his 27-year vocation while in the UN. He is a skilful negotiator, mediator and writer. He has an ground breaking way of thinking as well as a large photograph eyesight. He is philosophical and has a eager comprehension of correct and wrong, ethics and integrity, and communicates his feelings and convictions Obviously and passionately.
Mark is really a citizen of your Netherlands, born in Belgium to 2 Dutch Mothers and fathers. He grew up in a very smaller village in the rural Netherlands. He speaks fluent English and manages somewhat in Spanish, Italian, Hebrew and a small amount of Arabic. Like a young male of 16 years, he joined the Royal Netherlands Navy, which charted his Global journey. He's Fortunately married and has two Grownup stage-small children plus a 20 years aged son.
He intends to guide the FSU by case in point, emphasizing integrity, honesty, and steadfast personnel representation for all UN Global employees Doing the job in UN Peacekeeping. He hopes to carry innovative alternatives which can be mutually beneficial to personnel and the Group.
Liliya Galieva
Since the early phase of my profession, pursuing graduation from Gorky State Linguistic College in Russia, I worked with Global organizations such as the World Financial institution (1992-1993) and American Council of Academics of Russian (ACTR), an American NGO beneath the auspices of This system in the Bureau of Instructional and Cultural Affairs of The us Section of State. I used to be very pleased to lead to the event of my city of Nizhniy Novgorod (Incidentally the city hosted Football Cup 2018 in Russia) when working on Entire world Bank assignments of upgrading general public transport, finance and housing programs. Even more exciting and gratifying time was After i worked for ACTR (1993-1998), handling Trade plans for college kids and university professors. Concurrently, I pursued my Regulation Degree at Gorky Condition College. Afterwards, I became an Trade university student myself and obtained Edmund S. Muskie Graduate Fellowship grant at Harvard College (1998-2000). Which was an exuberant time and location, the place I met one of the most amazing people and was exposed not simply to tutorial minds and souls but additionally to passionate and committed persons from all over the planet. Which was the most crucial virtue of getting a scholar of Kennedy Faculty of Government, my second Alma Mater.
Right after Harvard College, my period of UN has begun and continues nevertheless. From the calendar year 2000 I joined the UN Peacekeeping mission in Kosovo, following the establishment of UNMIK by SCR 1244 in 1999. Getting a Civil Affairs Officer, I used to be privileged to operate on distinctive projects and in numerous areas of Kosovo, ranging from central Kosovo, from the North Mitrovica location (engaged in post-conflict reconstruction, humanitarian help, and local capability constructing by democratic elections) and continuing during the West of Kosovo, where I was serving as the Head of Area Place of work handling non-the greater part challenges, cultural heritage, returns and advert hoc stability incidents influencing non-majority communities. It was a really difficult and intriguing work, which was entirely fitting my individuality Together with the cornerstone currently being aiding the susceptible. Currently being Section of regional govt constructions, I uncovered regional languages (Serbo-Croatian, and I used to be halfway with colloquial Albanian) Furthermore to my English, German and rusty Spanish. Italian is additionally progressing nicely. Presently, I am an incumbent UNFSU VP since 2019 and my two-year tenure coincided While using the CoviD-19 pandemic as well as worries of altering to the several modes of work and representing the international staff in industry missions as UNFSU VP.
My particular problem was to boost up my son and an orphan nephew, becoming a remote-Command mom and aunt. They equally are above thirty now and they are on the appropriate observe. Just lately I became a grandmother of a beautiful granddaughter Ekaterina. Everyday living goes on.
To practical experience travelling adventures, observing new locations, meeting new people today, Finding out new languages is my passion. My second enthusiasm is athletics. Pilates keeps my intellect and overall body in sanity form. Bicycling and hiking allow for me to discover the beauties in the local mother nature.
In 2006, I used to be elected as Vice-Chair to FSU Council in UNMIK. And I have confronted several difficulties considering the fact that that period of time including the complicated downsizing course of action in 2012-2013, when UNMIK FSU pushed the mission leadership to support downsized personnel to various missions, by writing a letter to your incumbent SG, Ban Ki-Moon. Yet another great accomplishment, which UNMIK FSU accomplished less than my leadership and assistance of world FSU in 2018 was a review of your Hardship classification of Obligation Stations, Pristina and Mitrovica, which is in influence because January 2019.
All through my tenure as UNFSU VP, I used to be part of the SMC WG on Mobility and Assortment, Downsizing, Overall performance Administration coping with the procedures. I helped our colleagues from Haiti mission to obstacle the Leadership final decision to cut the entitlements retroactively resulting from Covid -19 and so they ended up effective in profitable the MEU instances. Our Staff worked on alterations in the UNFSU Structure in order to streamline it with a more progressive technique for representing the personnel. I also worked on personal conditions from the staff members concerning Cigna and UN Pension Fund. Our crew founded legal guidance to our colleagues through the UN retirees Functioning Professional bono and assisting the personnel to arrange instances for that UN interior Justice method. UNFSU Staff Upcoming was actively engaged with DMSPC relating to accommodating the downsized staff members from closing missions UNAMID, UNOGBIS and Burundi. More than 100 colleagues have been put in different missions and have been in the position to keep their Employment. And it remains to be a piece in development.
Therefore, I am wanting ahead to becoming re-elected for an additional expression and stand for all UN International Employees in the sector missions with delight and dignity and go on fighting for correct situations of assistance and payment for all hardship that our staff is encountering in different missions.
Leila Manly-Spain is surely an Administrative Officer and one of several incumbent Vice Presidents of the present UNFSU Govt. Her United Nations vocation started in 2004 when she joined the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) as being a United Nations Volunteer (UNV). She has given that then worked UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS), United Nations Assist Office environment for Somalia (UNSOS), UN Regional Assistance Centre, Entebbe right until she and her team, Team Long term had been elected to serve as the UNFSU Executive Group in September 2019.
An accountant by occupation, she is additionally a Accredited Education Qualified (CTP) and serves for a Peacekeeping Teaching Officer throughout the Corporation. She retains a Bachelor’s diploma in Small business Administration with the College of Sunderland and is particularly now pursuing a certification in Human Means Administration, to empower her to raised provide the personnel of UN discipline entities.
Leila is obsessed with leadership and workers UNFSU triggers, particularly in the field of Studying and development. She has served in Field Staff Unions (FSU) committees considering the fact that 2006 and has long been prosperous in championing several personnel brings about. She is an avid trainer, specializing in UN competencies and other human (delicate) expertise. Leila is known for her energy, zest for all times and talent to get frank and real.
Leila is a Guinea Bissau countrywide, born in Egypt, to diplomat moms and dads and For that reason grew up in Russia, The us, The Gambia and the United Kingdom. She's fluent in English, Portuguese Creole, English Krio, and Wolof. She could also get by in French, Spanish and Italian. Getting a product of the multicultural upbringing, she is usually open to new experiences and is very respectful and appreciative of cultural dynamics and diversity problems. Leila is married with a few little ones.
Leila is driven by the perception that no person must ever sense on your own in their tricky moments and continues to be recognised to provide all workers (international and countrywide), as she genuinely life the UNFSU motto, that we have been “More powerful together”.
Leila hopes in order to carry on to provide the wonderful staff with the UN area entities also to carry her adore of lifetime, variety, Management and pursuit UNFSU of excellence for the FSU Executive Human body. She is relying on your vote to create this a fact and it is hopes to say, “Thank you, with the privilege and Leila Spain honour of doing so”.