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[[File:Atul Khare (cropped).jpg|thumb|Atul Khare in 2016.]] | [[File:Atul Khare (cropped).jpg|thumb|Atul Khare in 2016.]] | ||
'''Atul Khare''' (born in 1959) is a 1984 batch [[Indian Foreign Service]] [[Civil Services of India|officer]] and the current Under-Secretary General for Operational Support UN Department of Operational Support. | '''Atul Khare''' (born in 1959) is a 1984 batch [[Indian Foreign Service]] [[Civil Services of India|officer]] and the current Under-Secretary General for Operational Support UN Department of Operational Support.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2015-01-08 |title=Atul Khare named head of United Nations Department of Field Support |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/world/atul-khare-named-head-of-united-nations-department-of-field-support/article6767215.ece |access-date=2022-05-10 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Atul Khare, highest-ranking Indian at UN gets more responsibilities |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/atul-khare-highest-ranking-indian-at-un-gets-more-responsibilities/1235038/ |access-date=2022-05-10 |website=Financialexpress |language=en}}</ref> | ||
==Early life and education== | ==Early life and education== | ||
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==Career at the United Nations== | ==Career at the United Nations== | ||
Khare has served the United Nations in various capacities. He served as Chief of Staff and Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General with the [[United Nations Mission of Support to East Timor]] (UNMISET) from June 2002 until its completion in May 2005. In December 2006, Khare was appointed as the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT), serving until December 2009.<ref>{{cite web |title=SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS ATUL KHARE OF INDIA AS NEW SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR TIMOR-LESTE |url=https://www.un.org/press/en/2006/sga1028.doc.htm}}</ref> From 2010 to 2011, Khare served as the Deputy Head of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations in New York.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mr. Atul Khare of India - Under-Secretary-General for Field Support |url=https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/sg/personnel-appointments/2017-02-14/mr-atul-khare-india-under-secretary-general-field}}</ref> | Khare has served the United Nations in various capacities. He served as Chief of Staff and Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General with the [[United Nations Mission of Support to East Timor]] (UNMISET) from June 2002 until its completion in May 2005. In December 2006, Khare was appointed as the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT), serving until December 2009.<ref>{{cite web |title=SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS ATUL KHARE OF INDIA AS NEW SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR TIMOR-LESTE |url=https://www.un.org/press/en/2006/sga1028.doc.htm}}</ref> From 2010 to 2011, Khare served as the Deputy Head of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations in New York. <ref>{{cite web |title=Mr. Atul Khare of India - Under-Secretary-General for Field Support |url=https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/sg/personnel-appointments/2017-02-14/mr-atul-khare-india-under-secretary-general-field}}</ref> | ||
On 1 June 2011 UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appointed Khare to spearhead efforts to implement a reform agenda aimed at streamlining and improving the efficiency of the world body.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=38563&Cr=khare&Cr1= | work=United Nations | title= Ban appoints experienced UN official to lead change management team| date=1 June 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2011/sga1295.doc.htm | work=United Nations | title= UN Secretary General Ban appoints Atul Khare of India to be the leader of his change management team| date=1 June 2011}}</ref> Khare, led the Change Management Team (CMT) at the UN, working with both departments and offices within the Secretariat and with other bodies in the UN system and the 193 member states. The CMT was tasked with guiding the implementation of a reform agenda at the UN that started with the devising of a wide-ranging plan to streamline activities, increase accountability and ensure the organization is more effective and efficient in delivering its many mandates.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/165568/indian-lead-un-change-management.html | work=Deccan Herald | title= UN change management team: Spearheaded by Atul Khare| date=1 June 2011}}</ref> | On 1 June 2011 UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appointed Khare to spearhead efforts to implement a reform agenda aimed at streamlining and improving the efficiency of the world body.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=38563&Cr=khare&Cr1= | work=United Nations | title= Ban appoints experienced UN official to lead change management team| date=1 June 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2011/sga1295.doc.htm | work=United Nations | title= UN Secretary General Ban appoints Atul Khare of India to be the leader of his change management team| date=1 June 2011}}</ref> Khare, led the Change Management Team (CMT) at the UN, working with both departments and offices within the Secretariat and with other bodies in the UN system and the 193 member states. The CMT was tasked with guiding the implementation of a reform agenda at the UN that started with the devising of a wide-ranging plan to streamline activities, increase accountability and ensure the organization is more effective and efficient in delivering its many mandates.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/165568/indian-lead-un-change-management.html | work=Deccan Herald | title= UN change management team: Spearheaded by Atul Khare| date=1 June 2011}}</ref> | ||