Mark Polane is a Business Relationship Manager who continues to be serving as being the UNFSU president along with Leila and Liliya as his Vice Presidents because September 2019. His previous assignment was in the Regional Industry Technologies Company in Entebbe, Uganda. His United Nations career began in 1992 when he joined the United Nations Truce Supervision Firm (UNTSO) in Jerusalem for a Industry Service Officer, (Radio Operator). His career path led him to work in a variety of capacities generally in Information and facts & Communications Technology but also in Home/Assets management and supply as well as Human Resource management. From ’ninety two to 2000 he labored in UNTSO, MINURSO, UNPF and UNIKOM, returning to UNTSO, Jerusalem to believe the Presidency with the then identified as “Discipline Service Team Union”, which beneath his leadership was expanded to incorporate a representation of all Worldwide Workers in UN Peacekeeping, Hence getting the sphere Team Union. Just after finishing two phrases in Workplace he returned to operate in the ICT sector and subsequently worked in UNTSO, Jerusalem, UN-Headquarters, New York, UNGSC, Brindisi And at last UN-Entebbe, Uganda. He holds a Grasp’s of Science degree in Intercontinental Administration through the College of Liverpool.
Mark is excited about Management, Technology, Human Rights and equality. He also provides a passion for lifelong Understanding and is particularly an avid reader. He has served on countless FSU Committees in a variety of capacities championing team results in during his 27-yr career in the UN. He's a skilful negotiator, mediator and writer. He has an impressive mindset and a major picture eyesight. He's philosophical and has a eager understanding of appropriate and wrong, ethics and integrity, and communicates his views and convictions Obviously and passionately.
Mark is often a citizen from the Netherlands, born in Belgium to 2 Dutch Parents. He grew up in an incredibly compact village in the rural Netherlands. He speaks fluent English and manages rather in Spanish, Italian, Hebrew and a little bit of Arabic. Being a youthful man of 16 yrs, he joined the Royal Netherlands Navy, which charted his Intercontinental adventure. He is Fortunately married and it has two Grownup step-youngsters and also a twenty years old son.
He intends to lead the FSU by instance, emphasizing integrity, honesty, and steadfast staff members illustration for all UN International employees Doing work in UN Peacekeeping. He hopes to provide ground breaking solutions which can be mutually helpful to personnel as well as organization.
Liliya Galieva
Since the early stage of my career, following graduation from Gorky State Linguistic University in Russia, I worked with international organizations such as the Environment Lender (1992-1993) and American Council of Academics of Russian (ACTR), an American NGO underneath the auspices of This system with the Bureau of Instructional and Cultural Affairs of The usa Section of Condition. I used to be proud to contribute to the event of my town of Nizhniy Novgorod (Incidentally the town hosted Football Cup 2018 in Russia) while engaged on Environment Lender assignments of upgrading community transport, finance and housing methods. Even more interesting and gratifying time was After i worked for ACTR (1993-1998), addressing Trade plans for students and College professors. Concurrently, I pursued my Law Diploma at Gorky Condition University. Afterwards, I grew to become an exchange university student myself and acquired Edmund S. Muskie Graduate Fellowship grant at Harvard University (1998-2000). Which was an exuberant time and place, where by 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 entire world. That was the principle virtue of staying a pupil of Kennedy University of Government, my 2nd Alma Mater.
After Harvard University, my period of UN has begun and carries on still. While in the year 2000 I joined the UN Peacekeeping mission in Kosovo, adhering to the institution of UNMIK by SCR 1244 in 1999. Becoming a Civil Affairs Officer, I used to be privileged to operate on various initiatives and in different areas of Kosovo, ranging from central Kosovo, through the North Mitrovica area (engaged in write-up-conflict reconstruction, humanitarian help, and local ability building by means of democratic elections) and continuing from the West of Kosovo, where I was serving as The top of Discipline Business coping with non-bulk difficulties, cultural heritage, returns and advert hoc stability incidents affecting non-vast majority communities. It was an incredibly hard and attention-grabbing job, which was completely fitting my persona Together with the cornerstone currently being aiding the susceptible. Currently being Section of regional govt constructions, I uncovered regional languages (Serbo-Croatian, and I used to be halfway with colloquial Albanian) In addition to my English, German and rusty Spanish. Italian can also be progressing nicely. Currently, I'm an incumbent UNFSU VP considering the fact that 2019 and my two-calendar year tenure coincided Along with the CoviD-19 pandemic along with the problems of adjusting to different modes of labor and representing the Intercontinental staff members in discipline missions as UNFSU VP.
My private challenge was to lift up my son and an orphan nephew, getting a remote-Regulate mother and aunt. They both are about thirty now and they're on the best track. A short while ago I turned a grandmother of a gorgeous granddaughter Ekaterina. Life goes on.
To practical experience travelling adventures, viewing new sites, Assembly new people today, Understanding new languages is my enthusiasm. My 2nd enthusiasm is sports. Pilates keeps my intellect and human body in sanity condition. Bicycling and hiking make it possible for me to find out the beauties with the nearby character.
In 2006, I had been elected as Vice-Chair to FSU Council in UNMIK. And I have faced quite a few difficulties due to the fact that period including the hard downsizing process in 2012-2013, when UNMIK FSU pushed the mission leadership to support downsized team to various missions, by producing a letter to the incumbent SG, Ban Ki-Moon. Yet another good success, which UNMIK FSU attained beneath my Management and aid of worldwide FSU in 2018 was a UNFSU review from the Hardship classification of Obligation Stations, Pristina and Mitrovica, that's in outcome since January 2019.
Throughout my tenure as UNFSU VP, I used to be Portion of the SMC WG on Mobility and Assortment, Downsizing, Effectiveness Administration addressing the insurance policies. I served our colleagues from Haiti mission to obstacle the Management final decision to chop the entitlements retroactively resulting from Covid -19 plus they ended up prosperous in profitable the MEU scenarios. Our Staff labored on alterations while in the UNFSU Constitution as a way to streamline it with a more progressive technique for symbolizing the staff members. I also worked on personal conditions with the personnel relating to Cigna and UN Pension Fund. Our group established lawful guidance to our colleagues throughout the UN retirees Operating Professional bono and serving to the staff members to organize cases with the UN inside Justice program. UNFSU Team Long run was actively engaged with DMSPC with regards to accommodating the downsized employees from closing missions UNAMID, UNOGBIS and Burundi. Much more than one hundred colleagues were positioned in different missions and were being capable of preserve their jobs. And it remains to be a piece in progress.
So, I am on the lookout forward to staying re-elected for another expression and signify all UN Global Staff in the sector missions with pleasure and dignity and carry on preventing for proper problems of service and payment for all hardship that our staff members is encountering in different missions.
Leila Manly-Spain is surely UNFSU an Administrative Officer and among the list of incumbent Vice Presidents of the current UNFSU Executive. Her United Nations job begun in 2004 when she joined the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) as being a United Nations Volunteer (UNV). She has considering that then labored UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS), United Nations Support Place of work for Somalia (UNSOS), UN Regional Assistance Centre, Entebbe until she and her group, Crew Foreseeable future ended up elected to function the UNFSU Govt Team in September 2019.
An accountant by profession, she is likewise a Qualified Coaching FSU Skilled (CTP) and serves being a Peacekeeping Teaching Officer throughout the Firm. She retains a Bachelor’s diploma in Organization Administration with the College of Sunderland and is also at the moment pursuing a certification in Human Assets Management, to empower her to better provide the team of UN industry entities.
Leila is excited about Management and team results in, specifically in the sphere of Discovering and enhancement. She has served in Subject Personnel Unions (FSU) committees considering that 2006 and is effective in championing various team will cause. She is an avid trainer, specializing in UN competencies and various human (smooth) capabilities. Leila is known for her Electrical power, zest for life and ability being frank and real.
Leila is a Guinea Bissau nationwide, born in Egypt, to diplomat mothers and fathers and Therefore grew up in Russia, America, The Gambia and the United Kingdom. She's fluent in English, Portuguese Creole, English Krio, and Wolof. She also can get by in French, Spanish and Italian. Being a product of the multicultural upbringing, she is always open up to new experiences and is very respectful and appreciative of cultural dynamics and diversity troubles. Leila is married with three young children.
Leila is driven with the belief that not one person ought to at any time feel on your own of their challenging situations and continues to be regarded to serve all team (international and nationwide), as she certainly lives the UNFSU motto, that we have been “Much better together”.
Leila hopes in order to continue on to provide the incredible personnel with the UN field entities and to carry her appreciate of life, diversity, leadership and pursuit of excellence on the FSU Govt System. She's counting on your vote to produce this a fact which is hopes to say, “Thanks, for the privilege and honour of doing so”.