UNFSU Executive Elections
Mark Polane is a Business Partnership Manager who has been serving given that the UNFSU president along with Leila and Liliya as his Vice Presidents considering that September 2019. His previous assignment was inside the Regional Field Technological know-how Services in Entebbe, Uganda. His United Nations career started off in 1992 when he joined the United Nations Truce Supervision Firm (UNTSO) in Jerusalem like a Field Company Officer, (Radio Operator). His career route led him to work in numerous capacities typically in Facts & Communications Technological innovation but additionally in Property/Property management and provide and also Human Resource administration. From ’92 to 2000 he labored in UNTSO, MINURSO, UNPF and UNIKOM, returning to UNTSO, Jerusalem to believe the Presidency in the then called “Subject Support Staff Union”, which underneath his leadership was expanded to include a representation of all Intercontinental Personnel in UN Peacekeeping, thus starting to be the sector Staff Union. Immediately after completing two conditions in Workplace he returned to operate in the ICT sector and subsequently labored in UNTSO, Jerusalem, UN-Headquarters, The big apple, UNGSC, Brindisi and finally UN-Entebbe, Uganda. He retains a Master’s of Science diploma in International Administration from the College of Liverpool.
Mark is passionate about Management, Technology, Human Legal rights and equality. He also features a enthusiasm for lifelong learning which is an avid reader. He has served on numerous FSU Committees in several capacities championing workers causes through his 27-calendar year job in the UN. He's a skilful negotiator, mediator and writer. He has an modern mindset and also a huge photo eyesight. He's philosophical and it has a eager understanding of correct and Improper, ethics and integrity, and communicates his ideas and convictions Plainly and passionately.
Mark is often a citizen with the Netherlands, born in Belgium to 2 Dutch Mom and dad. He grew up in a very tiny village in the rural Netherlands. He speaks fluent English and manages fairly in Spanish, Italian, Hebrew and a little bit of Arabic. Like a younger gentleman of 16 a long time, he joined the Royal Netherlands Navy, which charted his Worldwide journey. He is happily married and has two adult step-kids along with a 20 years old son.
He intends to lead the FSU by example, emphasizing integrity, honesty, and steadfast staff illustration for all UN Intercontinental team Doing the job in UN Peacekeeping. He hopes to convey impressive alternatives that happen to be mutually valuable to staff members along with the Firm.
Liliya Galieva
Because the early stage of my career, following graduation from Gorky Point out Linguistic College in Russia, I labored with Worldwide companies including the Planet Bank (1992-1993) and American Council of Teachers of Russian (ACTR), an American NGO underneath the auspices of This system on the Bureau of Academic and Cultural Affairs of The usa Division of State. I was very pleased to add to the development of my city of Nizhniy Novgorod (Incidentally the city hosted Football Cup 2018 in Russia) whilst engaged on Earth Financial institution tasks of upgrading public transportation, finance and housing programs. A lot more fascinating and gratifying time was After i labored for ACTR (1993-1998), managing exchange systems for college students and university professors. Simultaneously, I pursued my Regulation Diploma at Gorky State College. Later on, I became an Trade scholar myself and obtained Edmund S. Muskie Graduate Fellowship grant at Harvard College (1998-2000). Which was an exuberant time and spot, where I fulfilled one of the most extraordinary people today and was exposed not only to tutorial minds and souls but additionally to passionate and focused men and women from all over the environment. That was the main advantage of becoming a university student of Kennedy College of presidency, my 2nd Alma Mater.
After Harvard College, my era of UN has started and continues however. Inside the calendar year 2000 I joined the UN Peacekeeping mission in Kosovo, adhering to the establishment of UNMIK by SCR 1244 in 1999. Currently being a Civil Affairs Officer, I was privileged to operate on different initiatives and in different destinations of Kosovo, starting from central Kosovo, from the North Mitrovica region (engaged in article-conflict reconstruction, humanitarian help, and native capability building by way of democratic elections) and continuing in the West of Kosovo, the place I had been serving as The top of Industry Place of work working with non-vast majority difficulties, cultural heritage, returns and ad hoc protection incidents influencing non-vast majority communities. It absolutely was a very demanding and attention-grabbing work, which was wholly fitting my character Along with the cornerstone being aiding the FSU susceptible. Being Portion of community government structures, I uncovered area languages (Serbo-Croatian, and I was midway with colloquial Albanian) additionally to my English, German and rusty Spanish. Italian can be progressing perfectly. Presently, I am an incumbent UNFSU VP due to the fact 2019 and my two-year tenure coincided Using the CoviD-19 pandemic along with the worries of adjusting to the various modes of work and symbolizing the Global workers in subject missions as UNFSU VP.
My own challenge was to raise up my son and an orphan nephew, getting a distant-Regulate mom and aunt. They both of those are over thirty now and they are on the best observe. Not long ago I turned a grandmother of a beautiful granddaughter Ekaterina. Lifestyle goes on.
To expertise travelling adventures, viewing new spots, Assembly new persons, Mastering new languages is my enthusiasm. My next enthusiasm is sporting activities. Pilates retains my intellect and body in sanity shape. Bicycling FSU and hiking allow me to find out the beauties from the nearby nature.
In 2006, I was elected as Vice-Chair to FSU Council in UNMIK. And I have faced many challenges since that period including the difficult downsizing process in 2012-2013, when UNMIK FSU pushed the mission Management to support downsized team to unique missions, by producing a letter to your incumbent SG, Leila Spain Ban Ki-Moon. A different wonderful accomplishment, which UNMIK FSU reached beneath my leadership and assistance of Global FSU in 2018 was an assessment of your Hardship classification of Responsibility Stations, Pristina and Mitrovica, and that is in result given that January 2019.
In the course of my tenure as UNFSU VP, I was part of the SMC WG on Mobility and Range, Downsizing, General performance Administration managing the guidelines. I helped our colleagues from Haiti mission to obstacle the Management selection to cut the entitlements retroactively as a consequence of Covid -19 plus they UNFSU have been effective in profitable the MEU scenarios. Our Crew worked on changes from the UNFSU Structure to be able to streamline it with a far more progressive strategy for representing the staff. I also labored on personal cases of your personnel concerning Cigna and UN Pension Fund. Our workforce recognized legal aid to our colleagues throughout the UN retirees Operating Professional bono UNFSU and supporting the employees to arrange circumstances for the UN interior Justice program. UNFSU Team Foreseeable future was actively engaged with DMSPC concerning accommodating the downsized team from closing missions UNAMID, UNOGBIS and Burundi. A lot more than 100 colleagues were being positioned in various missions and have been able to hold their Work. And it remains to be a work in development.
Therefore, I'm searching ahead to being re-elected for an additional term and depict all UN International Personnel in the field missions with delight and dignity and continue combating for good situations of company and compensation for all hardship that our staff members is encountering in different missions.
Leila Manly-Spain is really an Administrative Officer and one of the incumbent Vice Presidents of the present UNFSU Govt. Her United Nations profession started off in 2004 when she joined the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) as a United Nations Volunteer (UNV). She has considering that then labored UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS), United Nations Assistance Office environment for Somalia (UNSOS), UN Regional Service Centre, Entebbe right up until she and her workforce, Group Foreseeable future were being elected to serve as the UNFSU Government Workforce in September 2019.
An accountant by profession, she is additionally a Qualified Coaching Skilled (CTP) and serves for a Peacekeeping Training Officer inside the Group. She retains a Bachelor’s degree in Enterprise Administration with the College of Sunderland and is at present pursuing a certification in Human Means Management, to empower her to better serve the personnel of UN industry entities.
Leila is passionate about leadership and workers will cause, specifically in the sphere of Studying and advancement. She has served in Discipline Staff members Unions (FSU) committees considering the fact that 2006 and continues to be productive in championing a variety of staff members results in. She's an avid coach, specializing in UN competencies and other human (gentle) expertise. Leila is recognized for her Strength, zest for all times and talent being frank and authentic.
Leila is often a Guinea Bissau countrywide, born in Egypt, to diplomat mom and dad and consequently grew up in Russia, the United States, The Gambia and the uk. She's fluent in English, Portuguese Creole, English Krio, and Wolof. She can also get by in French, Spanish and Italian. Being a product of the multicultural upbringing, she is often open up to new ordeals and is very respectful and appreciative of cultural dynamics and variety difficulties. Leila is married with a few little ones.
Leila is pushed because of the perception that no person need to ever truly feel on your own within their tough occasions and continues to be known to provide all team (Intercontinental and countrywide), as she actually lives the UNFSU motto, that we're “Stronger together”.
Leila hopes to have the ability to continue on to provide the remarkable workers from the UN field entities also to provide her enjoy of existence, diversity, Management and pursuit of excellence to your FSU Government Entire body. She is relying on your vote for making this a fact and it is wants to say, “Thanks, for that privilege and honour of doing so”.