UNIS recognizes members of the UNIS community, of the United Nations and of the Member States and Observers of the United Nations, as Honorary Trustees of UNIS. 

SG Guterres with UNIS Honorary Trustees 2024

Secretary-General António Guterres (centre) meets with the Honorary Trustees of the United Nations International School, 22 May 2024.

Credit: UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

Lifetime Honorary Trustee

Mr. Ban Ki-moon

Eighth Secretary-General of the United Nations                                                                                                                         

  

Honorary Trustees

Ms. Catherine Pollard
Former Chair of the UNIS Board of Trustees		 Ms. Joan W. McDonald
Former Special Representative of the Secretary-General for UNIS and former Trustee		 Mr. Peter N. Greenwald
Former Vice-Chair of the UNIS Board of Trustees

Permanent Representatives serving as Honorary Trustees

Permanent Representatives to the United Nations are invited to become Honorary Trustee of UNIS if they meet one or more of the following criteria:
1 UN Member States with ten or more students enrolled in the School;    
2 UN Permanent Representatives with a child/children in the School;
3 UN Member States that provide language sponsorship and/or financial contribution to UNIS. 

H.E. Mr. Mher Margaryan2
Permanent Representative of the Republic of Armenia		 H.E. Mr. Alexander Marschik1
Permanent Representative of Austria		 H.E. Mr. Philippe Kridelka1
Permanent Representative of Belgium
H.E. Mr. Sérgio França Danese1,3
Permanent Representative of Brazil		 H.E. Mr. Robert Keith Rae1
Permanent Representative of Canada		 H.E. Mr. Cong Fu1,3
Permanent Representative of the People's Republic of China
H.E. Mrs. Egriselda López2
Permanent Representative of El Salvador		 H.E. Ms. Elina Kalkku1
Permanent Representative of Finland		 H.E. Mr. Nicolas de Riviere1,3
Permanent Representatives of France 
H.E. Ms. Antje Leendertse1,2,3
Permanent Representative of Germany		 H.E. Mr. Evangelos Sekeris1
Permanent Representative of Greece 		 H.E. Mr. Harish Parvathaneni1
Permanent Representative of India
H.E. Mr. Fergal Mythen1,2
Permanent Representative of Ireland		 H.E. Mr. Maurizio Massari1,3
Permanent Representative of Italy		 H.E. Mr. Kazuyuki Yamazaki1,3
Permanent Representative of  Japan
H.E. Mr.  Mahmoud Daifallah Hmoud2
Permanent Representative of  the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan		 H.E. Mr. Tareq M. A. M. Albanai2
Permanent Representative of the State of Kuwait		 H.E. Mrs. Vanessa Frazier2
Permanent Representative of the Republic of Malta
H.E. Ms. Yoka Brandt1
Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of the Netherlands		 H.E. Mr. Krzysztof Maria Szczerskis1
Permanent Representative of the Republic of Poland		 H.E. Mr. Rui Vinhas3
Permanent Representative of Portugal
H.E. Ms. Alya Ahmed Al-Thani 3
Permanent Representative of the State of Qatar		 H.E. Mr. Joonkook Hwang1,3
Permanent Representative of the Republic of Korea		 H.E. Mr. Vassily A. Nebenzia1
Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation
H.E. Mr. Abdulaziz M. Alwasil2
Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia		 H.E. Mr. Burhan Gafoor2
Permanent Representative of the Republic of Singapore		 H.E. Mr. Héctor José Gómez Hernández1
Permanent Representative of Spain
H.E. Ms. Anna-Karin Eneström1,2,3
Permanent Representative of Sweden		 H.E. Ms. Pascale Baeriswyl1
Permanent Representative of Switzerland		 H.E. Mr. Mohamed I. H. M. Abushahab2
Permanent Representative of the United Arab Emirates
H.E. Dame Barbara Woodward, DCMG, OBE1
Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom