About the Women...

Radhika Coomaraswamy of Sri Lanka
Former Special Representative and Under-Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict
Image: Uganda, June 2010

Angela Kane of Germany
Former Under-Secretary-General for Management
Now High Representative for Disarmament Affairs at the UN
Image: Eritrea, 2004

Susana Malcorra of Argentina
Former Under-Secretary-General for Field Support
Now Chef de Cabinet to the Executive Office at the UN
Image: New York, 2009 / UN Photo, Eskinder Debebe

Rachel Mayanja of Uganda (retired 31 December 2010)
Former Special Advisor on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women
Image: New York, 2004

Patricia O'Brien of Ireland
Former Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs, UN Legal Counsel
Image: New York, 2009