{{Short description|German diplomat (born 1948)}} {{BLP sources|date=October 2015}} {{Infobox officeholder | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1948|09|29}} | image = Angela Kane New York 2015 (17094889157).jpg | caption = Kane in 2015 | birth_place = Hamelin, Lower Saxony, Allied-occupied Germany | alma_mater = Bryn Mawr College<br />Johns Hopkins University | office = United Nations High Representative for Disarmament Affairs | predecessor = Sergio de Queiroz Duarte | term_start = {{start date|2012|3|8|df=yes}} | term_end = {{end date|2015}} | office1 = Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations for Management | term_start1 = {{start date|2008|5}} | term_end1 = {{end date|2012}} | successor = Kim Won-soo | awards = Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (2015)<br />Dag Hammarskjöld Medal (2016) | office2 = Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs | term_start2 = {{start date|2006}} | term_end2 = {{end date|2008}} }} '''Angela Kane''' (born September 29, 1948) is a German<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=4 March 2004|title=SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS ANGELA KANE OF GERMANY AS ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND CONFERENCE MANAGEMENT {{!}} Meetings Coverage and Press Releases|url=https://www.un.org/press/en/2004/sga869.doc.htm|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-01-05|website=www.un.org}}</ref> diplomat and was formerly the UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs and Under-Secretary-General for Management in the United Nations.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41034&Cr=Ki-moon&Cr1= | title=UN chief outlines five-year action plan to build 'the future we want' | publisher=United Nations | date=January 25, 2012 | access-date=January 26, 2012}}</ref>
==Education and career== Kane was born in Hamelin, Lower Saxony, Germany and attended LMU Munich. She holds degrees from Bryn Mawr College and the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. She was awarded an honorary doctorate from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies in Monterey, California.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=18 May 2015|title=Spring Commencement at MIIS: Celebrating 255 Graduates from 27 Countries {{!}} Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey|url=https://www.middlebury.edu/institute/news/spring-commencement-miis-celebrating-255-graduates-27-countries|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-01-05|website=www.middlebury.edu|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/angela-kane|title = Angela Kane | HuffPost}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vcdnp.org/angela-kane/|title=Angela Kane|date=11 May 2016}}</ref>
Before she joined the UN Secretariat in 1977, Kane worked for the World Bank in Washington, D.C. and in the private sector in Europe.
===UN career=== From 1995 to 1999, Kane held a managerial position in the Department of Public Information, where she was responsible for United Nations publications and the Dag Hammarskjöld Library. In this capacity, she launched the UN website in all official UN languages and administered the putting in place of the online documentation system through the UN website.
She held a number of senior positions at the United Nations, including Principal Officer for Political Affairs in the Office of former Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali and as political adviser to the Personal Representative of the Secretary-General for the Central American Peace Process to end the conflict in El Salvador. Additionally, she has worked in several UN missions including as Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE),<ref>{{Cite web|date=2002-12-23|title=New UNMEE deputy representative appointed|url=https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2002/12/23/new-unmee-deputy-representative-appointed|access-date=2021-01-05|website=The New Humanitarian|language=en}}</ref> in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and had postings in Jakarta and Bangkok. She served as Assistant Secretary-General for General Assembly and Conference Management,<ref name=":0" /> where she concentrated on the implementation of reform initiatives, integrated global management, the use of information technology tools and the re-positioning of the department as a proactive and efficient service provider.
She served twice in the Department of Political Affairs, as Assistant Secretary-General<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=22 September 2005|title=SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS ANGELA KANE OF GERMANY AS ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS {{!}} Meetings Coverage and Press Releases|url=https://www.un.org/press/en/2005/sga944.doc.htm|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-01-05|website=www.un.org}}</ref> and previously as Director, focusing on preventing and resolving conflicts. In the latter capacity, she was in charge of the divisions dealing with the Americas, Asia and the Pacific, Europe and the Middle East, as well as decolonization, and the division for Palestinian rights. As Assistant Secretary-General, she supported several special political missions in Iraq, Nepal and the Middle East, and established the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala, which was unprecedented among UN or other international efforts to promote accountability and strengthen the rule of law.<ref>{{Cite web|title=CICIG - Versión antigua - Mandate|url=https://www.cicig.org/history//index.php?page=mandate|access-date=2021-02-11|website=www.cicig.org}}</ref> Between May 2008 and 2012, she was Under-Secretary-General for Management, responsible for an $11 billion annual budget, plus $2 billion for the renovation of the New York campus, overseeing the management of over 50,000 staff worldwide.
====Disarmament and later roles==== She was named as new UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs on 8 March 2012, replacing Sergio de Queiroz Duarte. She was responsible for negotiating and conducting the chemical weapons investigation in Syria in 2013 which led to Syria joining the Chemical Weapons Convention and the dismantlement of its declared chemical weapons stocks.
==Later life== As of 2016, Kane teaches at Sciences Po Paris School of International Affairs on disarmament issues.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Angela Kane|url=http://www.sciencespo.fr/psia/users/angelakane|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624024749/http://www.sciencespo.fr/psia/users/angelakane|archive-date=2016-06-24|access-date=2016-06-05|website=Paris School of International Affairs}}</ref> Since 2019, Kane has also been teaching Leading in International Organizations at Tsinghua University Schwarzman College as part of the Schwarzman Scholars program.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.schwarzmanscholars.org/program-experience/faculty-and-guest-speakers/|title=Faculty & Guest Speakers|website=Schwarzman Scholars}}</ref> She is a Senior Fellow at the Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-05-11|title=Angela Kane|url=https://vcdnp.org/angela-kane/|access-date=2021-01-05|website=Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non‑Proliferation|language=en-US}}</ref> and the Vice President of the International Institute for Peace in Vienna<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Team - IIP|url=https://www.iipvienna.com/executive-board-1/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190429084136/https://www.iipvienna.com/executive-board-1/|archive-date=2019-04-29|access-date=|website=International Institute for Peace|location=Vienna}}</ref> In 2015, she received the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (Grosses Verdienstkreuz).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bundespraesident.de/SharedDocs/Berichte/Bekanntgabe-Ordensverleihung/1511-Verleihungen.html|title=Artikel: Bekanntgabe der Verleihungen vom 1. November 2015|website=Der Bundespräsident}}</ref> In 2016 she also received the Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold with Star High Award from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Austria.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Online|first=Wiener Zeitung|title=Artikel|url=https://www.wienerzeitung.at/amtsblatt/aktuelle_ausgabe/artikel/|access-date=2021-03-22|website=Artikel|language=de}}</ref> Also in 2016, Kane received the Dag Hammarskjöld Medal from then Foreign Minister Steinmeier.<ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=Preisträger und Preisträgerin der Dag-Hammarskjöld-Ehrenmedaille 2016 |website=Deutsche Gesellschaft für die Vereinten Nationen |url=https://dgvn.de/aktivitaeten/dag-hammarskjoeld-ehrenmedaille/verleihung-der-dag-hammarskjoeld-ehrenmedaille-2016/ |access-date=22 March 2021}}</ref>
In April 2016, Kane was appointed by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Director-General Irina Bokova of the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to the governing council of the United Nations University.<ref>[https://www.un.org/press/en/2016/sga1653.doc.htm Secretary-General Appoints 12 New Members to Council of United Nations University] United Nations, press release of 27 April 2016.</ref> In 2019, she was appointed Chair of the UNU Council.<ref>{{Cite web|title=UNU Council - United Nations University|url=https://unu.edu/about/unu-council|access-date=2021-01-05|website=unu.edu|language=en-US}}</ref>
In August 2021, Kane assumed the position of Sam Nunn Distinguished Fellow at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI), supporting NTI's work on global threat reduction.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nti.org/news/angela-kane-former-under-secretary-general-of-the-united-nations-joins-nti-as-sam-nunn-distinguished-fellow/|title=Angela Kane, Former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations, Joins NTI as Sam Nunn Distinguished Fellow}}</ref>
In addition, Kane holds various positions, including the following: * Co-chair of the Regional Future Council on the Korean Peninsula, World Economic Forum (WEF)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Korean Peninsula|url=https://www.weforum.org/communities/gfc-on-the-korean-peninsula/|access-date=2021-01-05|website=World Economic Forum|language=en}}</ref> * Member, Group of Eminent Persons for Substantive Advancement of Nuclear Disarmament, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan <ref>https://mofa.go.jp/dns/ac_d/page25e_000178.htm {{Dead link|date=March 2022}}</ref> * Member, European Leadership Network<ref>{{Cite web|title=Angela Kane|url=https://www.europeanleadershipnetwork.org/person/angela-kane/|access-date=2021-01-05|website=www.europeanleadershipnetwork.org|language=en-GB}}</ref> * Member, Group of Eminent Persons (GEM), Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBTO)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Group of Eminent Persons (GEM): CTBTO Preparatory Commission|url=https://www.ctbto.org/specials/group-of-eminent-persons-gem/|access-date=2021-01-05|website=www.ctbto.org|archive-date=2021-01-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109193644/https://www.ctbto.org/specials/group-of-eminent-persons-gem/|url-status=dead}}</ref> * Chair, Board of Directors, Dialogue Advisory Group (DAG)<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=About us » Boards|url=http://www.dialogueadvisorygroup.com/about-us/boards/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141007060024/http://www.dialogueadvisorygroup.com/about-us/boards/|archive-date=2014-10-07|access-date=2021-01-05|website=Dialogue Advisory Group}}</ref> *Vorstandsmitglied, Österreichische Gesellschaft für Aussenpolitik und die Vereinten Nationen (OEGVN)[https://oegavn.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=57] *Senior Fellow, Vienna Center for Disarmament and Nonproliferation (VCDNP) [https://vcdnp.org/experts] * Vice President, International Institute for Peace (IIP)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.iipvienna.com/team|title=Team|website=IIP}}</ref> * Member of the advisory board, Security Council Report<ref>{{Cite web|title=About Security Council Report : Security Council Report|url=https://www.securitycouncilreport.org/about-security-council-report|access-date=2021-01-05|website=www.securitycouncilreport.org}}</ref> *Member, Board of Directors, Arms Control [https://www.armscontrol.org/about#staff Association] * Member of the International Board, Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=BICC About/Boards|url=https://www.bicc.de/about/boards/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-01-05|website=www.bicc.de}}</ref> * Member of the Strategic Committee, Paris School of International Affairs (PSIA)<ref>[https://www.sciencespo.fr/psia/content/psia-strategic-committee.html Strategic Committee] Paris School of International Affairs (PSIA).</ref> * Advisory Fellow, Foreign Policy Association
==Personal life== Angela Kane was married to the Dutch diplomat Herman Knippenberg, who was attached to the Dutch embassy in Bangkok in the mid-seventies at the time when the French serial killer Charles Sobhraj was on his killing spree in Thailand and Nepal. The couple were the first to investigate Sobhraj's crimes, eventually building up a substantial body of knowledge which was handed over to Interpol and which played a critical role in the subsequent arrest and conviction of Sobhraj and his partner Marie-Andrée Leclerc. Kane was portrayed by the actress Ellie Bamber in the BBC serial on Sobhraj titled ''The Serpent'' which was broadcast in January 2021. Kane has stated that she was displeased by the diminution of her role in cracking the case, as portrayed in the series.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Culliford|first=Graeme|date=2021-01-02|title=Diplomat's wife who inspired The Serpent turned detective to cage serial killer|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/diplomats-wife-who-inspired-the-23252712|access-date=2021-01-05|website=mirror|language=en}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}} {{commons category|Angela Kane}} *{{cite press release | publisher = United Nations | date = 2008-05-13 | title = Secretary-General appoints Angela Kane of Germany USG for Management, Alicia Barcena Ibarra of Mexico executive Secretary of ECLAC (SG/A/1135) | url = https://www.un.org/News/Press/docs//2008/sga1135.doc.htm | access-date = 2011-04-11 }} *http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41489&Cr=ban+ki-moon&Cr1=appoint
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