منصة التعاون الإقليمي: الدول العربية

شغلت السيدة أمينة محمد منصب وزيرة البيئة في جمهورية نيجيريا الاتحادية من نوفبمر 2015 إلى ديسمبر 2016، وقادت جهود البلاد في مجال العمل المناخي وحماية البيئة الطبيعية والحفاظ على الموارد من أجل التنمية المستدامة.

قبل ذلك، عملت السيدة محمد كمستشارة خاصة للأمين العام بان كي مون مسؤولة عن التخطيط للتنمية لما بعد عام 2015، فلعبت دورًا أساسيًا في تحقيق خطة التنمية المستدامة لعام 2030، بما في ذلك أهداف التنمية المستدامة.

قبل انضمامها إلى الأمم المتحدة، عملت السيدة محمد مع ثلاث إدارات متعاقبة في نيجيريا، حيث شغلت منصب مستشارة خاصة معنيّة بالأهداف الإنمائية للألفية، وقدمت المشورة بشأن قضايا الفقر وإصلاح القطاع العام والتنمية المستدامة وتنسيق برامج بقيمة مليار دولار سنويًا لتحقيق الأهداف الإنمائية للألفية.

كما تشغل أيضًا منصب أستاذة مساعِدة في ممارسات التنمية بجامعة كولومبيا، وخدمت في العديد من المجالس واللجان الاستشارية الدولية، بما في ذلك الفريق رفيع المستوى التابع للأمين العام للأمم المتحدة والمعني بخطة التنمية لما بعد عام 2015، وفريق الخبراء الاستشاريين المستقل المعني بتسخير ثورة المعلومات لأغراض التنمية المستدامة، وبرنامج التنمية العالمية لمؤسسة بيل وميليندا غيتس، ومبادرة الألفية للمرأة الأفريقية، و"غيرل إيفيكت"، وإصلاح الاتحاد الأفريقي 2016 ومشروع "أكشن إيد" الدولي للحق في التعليم.

وكانت السيدة محمد قد بدأت حياتها المهنية قبل 35 عامًا في القطاع الخاص مع مهندسين معماريين ومهندسين مسؤولين عن إدارة مشاريع الصحة والتعليم ومباني القطاع العام.

Rania A. Al-Mashat of Egypt was appointed as the Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia on 20 April 2026. Ms. Al-Mashat is an international expert in economic diplomacy, bringing over 25 years of experience in macroeconomic policy; central banking and monetary policy frameworks; sustainable economic and social development; structural and institutional reform; development cooperation; development and climate finance; and driving climate action and gender equality through international cooperation and partnerships. She served for eight consecutive years (2018-2026) as Minister across three key portfolios: Tourism (first female), International Cooperation and Planning, Economic Development and International Cooperation.

Before her ministerial positions, Ms. Al-Mashat served as Sub-Governor for Monetary Policy at the Central Bank of Egypt (2005-2016), where she played a key role in modernising the Bank’s monetary policy strategy. Her experience also includes working as Advisor to the Chief Economist and Senior Economist at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington, D.C. (2016-2018 and 2001-2005). She has been a board member and advisory member of several international alliances, international financial and development institutions, including the World Bank Group, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the European Investment Bank, the African Development Bank and the Islamic Development Bank.

Ms. Al-Mashat has operated at the intersection of policy, finance, international and development cooperation, and had to manage complex domestic and geopolitical dynamics that influence institutional strategy and execution. She has led institutional change while maintaining predictability and credibility. A strong advocate of multilateralism, she has a proven track record of advancing impactful, partnership-driven national and global initiatives and has promoted innovative approaches to international cooperation and development finance through country-led multi-stakeholder engagement frameworks.

Ms. Al-Mashat holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Maryland, College Park, USA, and a BA in Economics from the American University in Cairo, Egypt. She completed executive education programmes in Leadership and Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School, USA, and Transformational Leadership from Oxford University’s Saïd Business School, United Kingdom. Her academic contributions, including publications with the IMF and the London School of Economics, reflect her commitment to bridging policy, research and practice. In addition to her native Arabic, she is fluent in English and has knowledge of French.

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced on 14th March 2023, the appointment of Abdallah Al Dardari of Syria as Assistant Secretary-General, Assistant Administrator and Director, Regional Bureau for Arab States of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).  He succeeds Khalida Bouzar of Algeria, who retired after working over three decades in various United Nations agencies and to whom the Secretary-General extends his deepest appreciation for her dedicated years of service.

Prior to this, Mr. Al Dardari served as UNDP Resident Representative in Afghanistan, a post that he has held since 2019, when joining from the World Bank, where he was a Senior Adviser.

He started his professional career in 1986 as an international affairs writer and bureau chief of the pan - Arab newspaper “Al Hayat” and then became the Economist at the London Office of the Arab League.  From 1994 to 1997, he served as Programme Officer in UNDP Syria country office and then joined the Arab Trade Financing Programme/Arab Monetary Fund group as Chief of the Trade Promotion section.  He was appointed in 2003 as Chairman of the State Planning Commission in Syria, a function he held until 2005, when he became Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs.  He further served as Chief Economist with the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia in 2011 and later, Deputy Executive Secretary, where he led the efforts for understanding conflict dynamics in the Arab region.

Mr. Al Dardari holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Richmond College in London, UK, a Master's in International Relations from the University of Southern California, US, and an interdisciplinary PhD in post-conflict reconstruction from Università Iuav di Venezia, Italy.  He also studied international relations at the London School of Economics, UK.  He is fluent in Arabic, English and French, with an understanding of Russian and Turkish.