About us

Who's who?

H.E. Mrs. Sophie DE SMEDT
Permanent Representative

H.E. Mr. Karl LAGATIE 
Deputy Permanent Representative

Sustainable Development & Humanitarian Aid

• Mr. Filip DE MAESSCHALCK
  Minister-Counselor
  Cluster oversight & SDG follow-up, ECOSOC & 2nd Committee Coordination, UN Development System Reform, Financing for Dev't, LDCs (GoF)
   
• Mr. Frederic VAN PETEGHEM
  First Secretary
  Humanitarian Questions (incl. OCHA, UNRWA, DRR, F&P), Food & Agriculture/ (Mental) Health/ Education, Decent Work (GoF) and World Social Summit
   
• Mr. Stone HOCKER
  Attaché
  Boards, Funds & Programs (UNDP/UNFPA/UNOPS) - Vice-Chair, Science for Action (GoF), Scientific Board, STI
   
• Mr. Benjamin ROBINET 
  Second Secretary
  High-Level Political Forum (SDGs), Climate (Security), Biodiversity - Oceans, SIDS, Boards, Funds & Programs (UNICEF, UN-WOMEN), Youth, Drugs, Francophonie 
   
• For questions related to this cluster: Ms. Kathelijne Cooreman

Peace & Security

• Mr. Christophe CARDON DE LICHTBUER
  Counselor
  Political Coordinator, Coordination UNSC (Art 34, PoW, Liaison COPS), Preparation EUHOMs, Middle East & North Africa, 4th Committee (PAL + other issues), Europe/Ukraine
   
• Mr. Ludovic BOL
  First Secretary 
  Sub-Saharan Africa, Sahel, Peacekeeping Operations (incl. C34), DDR & Security Sector
  Reform, Natural Resources/Piracy 
   
• Ms. Marie-Adéläide MATHEI
  First Secretary
  1st Committee, Disarmament/Non-proliferation/Outer Space, Women, Peace and Security (WPS), Children and Armed Conflict / YPS, Protection of Civilians, Migration
   
• Ms. Marieke ANAF
  First Secretary
  Counterterrorism, Sanctions (CT), Peacebuilding, conflict prevention, mediation, Asia (incl Afghanistan) / Latin America, 4C (Information)
   
• For questions related to this cluster: Ms. Florence Latinis

Human Rights 

• Mr. Gilles BAUWENS
  Counselor
  Human Rights Coordination (PotF, Call to Action, HRC, 5C…), LGBTI, FFP+, 3rd Committee, Commission on the Status of Women, NGO Committee/ OEWGA 

• For questions related to this cluster: Ms. Marjolein Van Dooren

Legal Affairs

• Ms. Elisa DE RAES
  First Secretary/Legal advisor
  6th Committee, Accountability, RoL, Transitional Justice, R2P, Int. Courts, Ecocide, UNCLOS, BBNJ, Sea Level Rise (legal), Sanctions (General)
   
• For questions related to this cluster: Ms. Marjolein Van Dooren

UN Budget & Management

• Mr. Basiel BOGAERTS
  First Secretary
  5th Committee, UN Budget, Financial Questions, UN Change Mgt, Cyber/Internet Governance/ Digital Compact

• For questions related to this cluster: Ms. Marjolein Van Dooren

Elections & candidatures

• Ms. Isabelle BARDIJN
  Elections officer / Advisor
  UN Elections, UN Belgians & candidatures, Pact of the Future (general), GA Plenary (*) + General Committee, GA Revitalization + SC Reform

• For questions related to this cluster: Ms. Marjolein Van Dooren

Press, Communication & Outreach (including internship program)

• Ms. Marieke ANAF
  First Secretary

Military Affairs – Peacekeeping

• Colonel Marc BOUTHÉ
  Military Staff Committee, C34
  Working Group on Peacekeeping Operation
   
• ADC (OR-9) Mario SIX
  Assistant Military Adviser

Accounting

• Ms. Martine VISSERS