UNFSU Govt Elections

Mark Polane is a company Marriage Manager who has become serving given that the UNFSU president together with Leila and Liliya as his Vice Presidents given that September 2019. His very last assignment was throughout the Regional Area Technological innovation Company in Entebbe, Uganda. His United Nations career started out in 1992 when he joined the United Nations Truce Supervision Group (UNTSO) in Jerusalem to be a Area Support Officer, (Radio Operator). His job route led him to operate in various capacities largely in Data & Communications Technological know-how but also in Home/Property management and provide together with Human Useful resource management. From ’92 to 2000 he worked in UNTSO, MINURSO, UNPF and UNIKOM, returning to UNTSO, Jerusalem to presume the Presidency in the then named “Subject Company Staff Union”, which under his leadership was expanded to incorporate a representation of all Worldwide Workers in UN Peacekeeping, As a result starting to be the sphere Team Union. After completing two terms in office he returned to work within the ICT sector and subsequently worked in UNTSO, Jerusalem, UN-Headquarters, New York, UNGSC, Brindisi and finally UN-Entebbe, Uganda. He holds a Master’s of Science degree in Worldwide Management in the University of Liverpool.

Mark is keen about Leadership, Engineering, Human Rights and equality. He also includes a passion for lifelong Understanding and is also an avid reader. He has served on a great number of FSU Committees in different capacities championing workers triggers all through his 27-year career in the UN. He's a skilful negotiator, mediator and author. He has an impressive way of thinking and also a massive photo vision. He is philosophical and has a eager comprehension of appropriate and Improper, ethics and integrity, and communicates his ideas and convictions clearly and passionately.

Mark is a citizen of your Netherlands, born in Belgium to 2 Dutch Dad and mom. He grew up in an extremely little village in the rural Netherlands. He speaks fluent English and manages to some degree in Spanish, Italian, Hebrew and a small amount of Arabic. Being a younger man of sixteen yrs, he joined the Royal Netherlands Navy, which charted his Global adventure. He's Fortunately married and has two adult move-little ones along with a 20 years old son.

He intends to steer the FSU by illustration, emphasizing integrity, honesty, and steadfast workers representation for all UN Intercontinental personnel Functioning in UN Peacekeeping. He hopes to bring ground breaking remedies which can be mutually beneficial to staff members along with the Business.

Liliya Galieva
Considering that the early phase of my career, next graduation from Gorky Condition Linguistic University in Russia, I labored with Global companies such as the Entire world Bank (1992-1993) and American Council of Academics of Russian (ACTR), an American NGO beneath the auspices of the program with the Bureau of Academic and Cultural Affairs of the United States Section of State. I had been happy to contribute to the event of my city of Nizhniy Novgorod (Incidentally the town hosted Soccer Cup 2018 in Russia) whilst engaged on Planet Bank assignments of upgrading public transportation, finance and housing methods. More intriguing and gratifying time was After i worked for ACTR (1993-1998), addressing exchange courses for college students and university professors. Concurrently, I pursued my Regulation Degree at Gorky Point out University. Afterwards, I became an Trade student myself and gained Edmund S. Muskie Graduate Fellowship grant at Harvard University (1998-2000). That was an exuberant time and put, in which I achieved essentially the most incredible folks and was uncovered not just to tutorial minds and souls but also to passionate and committed people from all around the earth. That was the principle advantage of getting a university student of Kennedy School of Government, my next Alma Mater.

Following Harvard College, my period of UN has begun and proceeds nevertheless. In the yr 2000 I joined the UN Peacekeeping mission in Kosovo, next the establishment of UNMIK by SCR 1244 in 1999. Getting a Civil Affairs Officer, I had been privileged to work on distinct initiatives and in various places of Kosovo, ranging from central Kosovo, in the North Mitrovica region (engaged in submit-conflict reconstruction, humanitarian guidance, and native capacity constructing as a result of democratic elections) and continuing within the West of Kosovo, the place I had been serving as The pinnacle of Area Place of work working with non-majority problems, cultural heritage, returns and advertisement hoc protection incidents influencing non-majority communities. It was an incredibly hard and attention-grabbing occupation, which was entirely fitting my individuality Along with the cornerstone remaining assisting the vulnerable. Getting Section of community governing administration buildings, I learned nearby languages (Serbo-Croatian, and I was halfway with colloquial Albanian) Furthermore to my English, German and rusty Spanish. Italian can be progressing very well. At this time, I'm an incumbent UNFSU VP considering the fact that 2019 and my two-calendar year tenure coincided with the CoviD-19 pandemic and the challenges of adjusting to the different modes of work and representing the international employees in area missions as UNFSU VP.

My individual challenge was to raise up my son and an orphan nephew, becoming a remote-control mother and aunt. They both are over 30 now and they're on the appropriate keep track of. Not long ago I grew to become a grandmother of a lovely granddaughter Ekaterina. Daily life goes on.

To knowledge travelling adventures, viewing new areas, meeting new individuals, learning new languages is my passion. My next enthusiasm is athletics. Pilates keeps my thoughts and physique in sanity shape. Bicycling and mountaineering make it possible for me to discover the beauties on the neighborhood nature.

In 2006, I was elected as Vice-Chair to FSU Council in UNMIK. And I've confronted several difficulties because that period such as the hard downsizing method in 2012-2013, when UNMIK FSU pushed the mission leadership to support downsized staff members to diverse missions, by creating a letter to the incumbent SG, Ban Ki-Moon. A further good accomplishment, which UNMIK FSU accomplished under my Management and support of Global FSU in 2018 was an assessment on the Hardship classification of Duty Stations, Pristina and Mitrovica, which is in influence considering that January 2019.

Throughout my tenure as UNFSU VP, I had been Section of the SMC WG on Mobility and Variety, Downsizing, Performance Administration managing the policies. I aided our colleagues from Haiti mission to challenge the Management determination to cut the entitlements retroactively resulting from Covid -19 and so they were prosperous in winning the MEU conditions. Our Crew UNFSU worked on alterations within the UNFSU Structure as a way to streamline it with a far more progressive means of representing the personnel. I also worked on specific instances with the workers about Cigna and UN Pension Fund. Our crew founded authorized aid to our colleagues throughout the UN retirees working pro bono and helping the personnel to arrange situations with the UN inner Justice procedure. UNFSU Group Upcoming was actively engaged with DMSPC concerning accommodating the downsized staff members from closing missions UNAMID, UNOGBIS and Burundi. Greater than one hundred colleagues were positioned in various missions and had been in the position to keep their Positions. And it remains a work in development.

So, I am wanting forward to currently being re-elected for one more Leila Spain term and depict all UN Intercontinental Employees in the sector missions with pleasure and dignity and carry on preventing for good circumstances of provider and payment for all hardship that our staff is encountering in numerous missions.

Leila Manly-Spain is really an Administrative Officer and one of the incumbent Vice Presidents of the current UNFSU Government. Her United Nations vocation started in 2004 Mark Polane when she joined the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) like a United Nations Volunteer (UNV). She has due to the fact then labored UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS), United Nations Mark Polane Assistance Place of work for Somalia (UNSOS), UN Regional Assistance Centre, Entebbe right until she and her team, Crew Long run were being elected to function the UNFSU Executive Group in UNFSU Election September 2019.

An accountant by occupation, she is likewise a Qualified Training Expert (CTP) and serves like a Peacekeeping Education Officer in the Corporation. She retains a Bachelor’s degree in Company Administration from your University of Sunderland which is at this time pursuing a certification in Human Means Administration, to empower her to better serve the employees of UN area entities.

Leila is keen about leadership and personnel will cause, specifically in the sphere of Discovering and development. She has served in Field Staff Unions (FSU) committees because 2006 and continues to be effective in championing different workers triggers. She is an avid trainer, specializing in UN competencies as well as other human (gentle) abilities. Leila is known for her Power, zest for life and ability to be frank and legitimate.

Leila is usually a Guinea Bissau countrywide, born in Egypt, to diplomat moms and dads and For that reason 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 also get by in French, Spanish and Italian. Becoming a product of the multicultural upbringing, she is often open up to new encounters and is highly respectful and appreciative of cultural dynamics and diversity problems.  Leila is married with a few small children.

Leila is pushed with the belief that nobody should at any time sense by yourself within their tough times and has long been regarded to provide all workers (international and countrywide), as she definitely lives the UNFSU motto, that we are “Much better jointly”.

Leila hopes in order to carry on to provide the awesome workers from the UN industry entities also to deliver her love of everyday living, variety, leadership and pursuit of excellence into the FSU Government Entire body. She is relying on your vote to generate this a reality and is particularly really wants to say, “Thank you, with the privilege and honour of doing this”.