UNFSU Executive Elections
Mark Polane is a company Romantic relationship Manager who continues to be serving as the UNFSU president along with Leila and Liliya as his Vice Presidents considering that September 2019. His previous assignment was within the Regional Industry Technological innovation Services in Entebbe, Uganda. His United Nations vocation commenced in 1992 when he joined the United Nations Truce Supervision Business (UNTSO) in Jerusalem to be a Discipline Support Officer, (Radio Operator). His career route led him to operate in a variety of capacities mainly in Facts & Communications Engineering but also in Residence/Assets management and provide along with Human Useful resource management. From ’ninety two to 2000 he labored in UNTSO, MINURSO, UNPF and UNIKOM, returning to UNTSO, Jerusalem to suppose the Presidency of the then named “Industry Support Team Union”, which below his Management was expanded to include a representation of all Global Staff in UN Peacekeeping, Hence getting the Field Personnel Union. Just after completing two phrases in Office environment he returned to work inside the ICT sector and subsequently labored in UNTSO, Jerusalem, UN-Headquarters, Ny, UNGSC, Brindisi And at last UN-Entebbe, Uganda. He retains a Learn’s of Science degree in Worldwide Management with the College of Liverpool.
Mark is enthusiastic about Leadership, Know-how, Human Legal rights and equality. He also has a passion for lifelong Studying and is also an avid reader. He has served on plenty of FSU Committees in several capacities championing team causes all through his 27-yr profession inside the UN. He is a skilful negotiator, mediator and writer. He has an modern frame of mind and also a major photograph eyesight. He's philosophical and has a keen knowledge of correct and Improper, ethics and integrity, and communicates his ideas and convictions Obviously and passionately.
Mark is really a citizen from the Netherlands, born in Belgium to two Dutch Parents. He grew up in a very compact village in The agricultural Netherlands. He speaks fluent English and manages rather in Spanish, Italian, Hebrew and a small amount of Arabic. Being a young man of sixteen yrs, he joined the Royal Netherlands Navy, which charted his Global journey. He is Fortunately married and has two adult step-small children and also a 20 years old son.
He intends to steer the FSU by illustration, emphasizing integrity, honesty, and steadfast workers representation for all UN Global personnel Functioning in UN Peacekeeping. He hopes to bring impressive remedies which are mutually beneficial to staff members as well as the organization.
Liliya Galieva
For the reason that early stage of my vocation, adhering to graduation from Gorky Point out Linguistic University in Russia, I labored with Worldwide organizations including the World Financial institution (1992-1993) and American Council of Teachers of Russian (ACTR), an American NGO beneath the auspices of the program on the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of The usa Office of Condition. I had been proud to lead to the development of my metropolis of Nizhniy Novgorod (Incidentally the town hosted Soccer Cup 2018 in Russia) while focusing on Environment Bank initiatives of upgrading public transport, finance and housing units. A lot more attention-grabbing and gratifying time was when I labored for ACTR (1993-1998), addressing exchange packages for college kids and university professors. Concurrently, I pursued my Regulation Diploma at Gorky State University. Later on, I turned an exchange pupil myself and gained Edmund S. Muskie Graduate Fellowship grant at Harvard College (1998-2000). That was an exuberant time and location, wherever I fulfilled the most remarkable men and women and was uncovered don't just to tutorial minds and souls but additionally to passionate and devoted men and women from everywhere in the world. That was the primary virtue of getting a college student of Kennedy University of presidency, my 2nd Alma Mater.
Immediately after Harvard College, my period of UN has started and continues nonetheless. Inside the yr 2000 I joined the UN Peacekeeping mission in Kosovo, adhering to the establishment of UNMIK by SCR 1244 in 1999. Getting a Civil Affairs Officer, I used to be privileged to work on various tasks and in numerous places of Kosovo, starting from central Kosovo, through the North Mitrovica region FSU (engaged in post-conflict reconstruction, humanitarian aid, and native ability constructing by way of democratic elections) and continuing while in the West of Kosovo, the place I used to be serving as the Head of Field Office addressing non-the greater part difficulties, cultural heritage, returns and advertisement hoc security incidents influencing non-the greater part communities. It had been an extremely difficult and interesting career, which was fully fitting my persona with the cornerstone remaining aiding the vulnerable. Staying Portion of nearby governing administration constructions, I learned community languages (Serbo-Croatian, and I was midway with colloquial Albanian) Furthermore to my English, German and rusty Spanish. Italian is also progressing properly. Presently, I'm an incumbent UNFSU VP because 2019 and my two-calendar year tenure coincided With all the CoviD-19 pandemic and the issues of adjusting to the various modes of labor and representing the Global staff in discipline missions as UNFSU VP.
My own challenge was to boost up my son and an orphan nephew, being a remote-Regulate mother and aunt. They equally are around thirty now and they are on the appropriate track. Just lately I turned a grandmother of a beautiful granddaughter Ekaterina. Daily life goes on.
To working experience travelling adventures, seeing new areas, Assembly new people today, Studying new languages is my passion. My 2nd enthusiasm is sporting activities. Pilates retains my mind and physique in sanity form. Bicycling and climbing make it possible for me to learn the beauties from the neighborhood character.
In 2006, I used to be elected UNFSU Elections as Vice-Chair to FSU Council in UNMIK. And I've confronted quite a few worries since that period including the tough downsizing method in 2012-2013, when UNMIK FSU pushed the mission leadership to accommodate downsized workers to distinct missions, by composing a letter on the incumbent SG, Ban Ki-Moon. One more good results, which UNMIK FSU realized underneath my Management and support of world FSU in 2018 was a review from the Hardship classification of Duty Stations, Pristina and Mitrovica, which is in outcome considering the fact that January 2019.
All through my tenure as UNFSU UNFSU Elections VP, I had been Section of the SMC WG on Mobility and Variety, Downsizing, Efficiency Management addressing the insurance policies. I aided our colleagues from Haiti mission to challenge the Management final decision to cut the entitlements retroactively because of Covid -19 they usually ended up productive in winning the MEU conditions. Our Crew worked on variations while in the UNFSU Structure in an effort to streamline it with a far more progressive technique for representing the employees. I also worked on specific scenarios of the employees relating to Cigna and UN Pension Mark Polane Fund. Our crew recognized lawful aid to our colleagues through the UN retirees Operating pro bono and aiding the personnel to get ready scenarios for that UN interior Justice procedure. UNFSU Workforce Upcoming was actively engaged with DMSPC regarding accommodating the downsized staff from closing missions UNAMID, UNOGBIS and Burundi. More than 100 colleagues were put in various missions and were being ready UNFSU to continue to keep their Careers. And it remains a piece in development.
As a result, I am seeking forward to being re-elected for one more time period and characterize all UN Global Workers in the field missions with pleasure and dignity and go on preventing for appropriate situations of services and payment for all hardship that our staff members is encountering in numerous missions.
Leila Manly-Spain is definitely an Administrative Officer and one of the incumbent Vice Presidents of the present UNFSU Government. Her United Nations career begun in 2004 when she joined the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) being a United Nations Volunteer (UNV). She has given that then worked UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS), United Nations Guidance Place of work for Somalia (UNSOS), UN Regional Services Centre, Entebbe right until she and her staff, Group Upcoming have been elected to serve as the UNFSU Government Team in September 2019.
An accountant by career, she can also be a Qualified Instruction Professional (CTP) and serves for a Peacekeeping Coaching Officer throughout the Business. She retains a Bachelor’s degree in Organization Administration in the College of Sunderland and is at this time pursuing a certificate in Human Assets Administration, to empower her to better provide the staff of UN discipline entities.
Leila is passionate about leadership and staff members leads to, particularly in the sphere of Understanding and progress. She has served in Field Workers Unions (FSU) committees considering the fact that 2006 and is prosperous in championing various workers will cause. She's an avid trainer, specializing in UN competencies along with other human (smooth) skills. Leila is known for her Vitality, zest for all times and skill to generally be frank and genuine.
Leila is actually a Guinea Bissau nationwide, born in Egypt, to diplomat moms and dads and Therefore grew up in Russia, the United States, The Gambia and the United Kingdom. She is fluent in English, Portuguese Creole, English Krio, and Wolof. She also can get by in French, Spanish and Italian. Currently being an item of the multicultural upbringing, she is often open up to new ordeals and is very respectful and appreciative of cultural dynamics and variety challenges. Leila is married with a few children.
Leila is driven by the belief that nobody ought to ever really feel on your own in their tough occasions and is identified to serve all employees (international and national), as she truly life the UNFSU motto, that we've been “More robust jointly”.
Leila hopes in order to proceed to serve the amazing staff of your UN subject entities and also to deliver her adore of life, range, Management and pursuit of excellence for the FSU Executive Body. She's counting on your vote to create this a reality and is particularly really wants to say, “Thank you, for the privilege and honour of doing this”.