Prior to the appointment, the Indian national was the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Representative in Kenya
The United Nations (UN) has appointed Siddharth Chatterjee UN Resident Coordinator in Kenya, where he will head 25 UN agencies, as well as serve as the Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
Prior to his appointment Chatterjee, was the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Representative in Kenya. Ruth Kagia a Senior Advisor at International Relations and Social Sectors in the Office of the President of Kenya said,“Sid’s insightful understanding of clients' needs as the UNFPA Representative in Kenya has translated into tangible gains in maternal, child and adolescent health. His relentless energy and focus on results has helped build relationships and networks of trust and confidence with the highest levels of Government, civil society, the private sector and development partners.”
Chatterjee had a career in the Special Forces unit of the Indian Army, where he was decorated in for bravery by the President of India in 1995. In 1997 he joined the UN in Bosnia and for the next two decades served in Iraq, South Sudan, Indonesia, Sudan (Darfur), Somalia, Denmark, and Kenya. He has also worked in UN Peace Keeping, UNICEF, UNOPS, the Red Cross and UNFPA.
UNFPA’s Regional Director for East and Southern Africa, Dr Julitta Onabanjo said “Sid resolutely pushed UNFPA’s mandate in the hardest to reach counties and service of the most vulnerable. He mobilised resources and partners in the private sector to join this drive to leapfrog maternal and new-born health. This bold initiative was highlighted by the World Economic Forum in Davos and Kigali”.
In his new role, Chatterjee is expected to continue his advocacy for women’s empowerment in Kenya where he has already led many initiatives to advance reproductive, maternal, neo-natal, child and adolescent health.
His other career achievements include mobilising the Red Cross/Red Crescent movement to join the eradication of polio initiative; negotiating access with rebel groups to undertake a successful polio immunisation campaign in the rebel-controlled areas of Darfur; leading UNICEF’s emergency response when conflict broke out in Indonesia’s Aceh and the Malukus provinces; and overseeing UNICEF’s largest demobilisation of child soldiers in South Sudan in 2001.
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