William Chemaly
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| Born | 1983 (age 42–43) |
| Nationality | Lebanese |
| Alma mater | University of Malta |
| Occupation | Humanitarian diplomat serving |
William S. Chemaly (born 1983) is a Lebanese humanitarian diplomat serving with in the United Nations. Between July 2019 and September 2022, he headed the Global Protection Cluster, in the Humanitarian Cluster System coordinating operations in over 30 conflicts around the world.[1] In October 2022, he was appointed as Principal Adviser to the Special Adviser on Solutions to Internal Displacement, in the United Nations Secretary-General Office.[2]
Early life and education
Chemaly is from Karak Nuh in the Beqaa Governorate in Lebanon and grew up during the Civil War in Lebanon. He studied at the College des Apotres Jounieh. He earned a bachelor's degree in Economics at the Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth and a master's in Human Rights and Democratization at the University of Malta[3] in partnership with the Irish Center for Human Rights at the University of Galway.[4]
Career
Early work
Chemaly began his career in humanitarian, human rights, and development work in 2001 in the Lebanese civil society sector, working within human rights, at 'Support of Lebanese in Detention and Exile (SOLIDE)'. Between 2006 and 2009, he served in several humanitarian roles in southern Lebanon. Beginning with the 2006 Lebanon War, Chemaly worked at Care International, the International Labor Organization, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).Following his work in Lebanon he joined UNHCR in Kenya during the 2007-2008 Kenyan Crisis, and then in Southwest Uganda receiving refugees in Nakivale who were displaced by the 2008 Nord-Kivu conflict.
Joint Internal Displacement Profiling Service
In November 2009, Chemaly founded[5] the Joint Internal Displacement Profiling Service (JIPS), a joint United Nations and civil society body that provides support to governments and humanitarian and development organizations seeking to find solutions to internal displacement situations. During his tenure at JIPS until mid-2013, Chemaly engaged in negotiations on Internal Displacement data and analysis between the United Nations and the Governments of Afghanistan,[6] Burundi,[7] Colombia,[8] Democratic Republic of Congo,[9] Serbia[10] and Yemen.[11] JIPS became recognized by various UN resolutions including the UN General Assembly[12] and Human Rights Council.[13] In 2016, Chemaly co-authored Forced Displacement, Go figure!,[14] reflecting on his experience in working with JIPS on forced displacement, in collaboration with the Feinstein International Center at Tufts University.
Danish Refugee Council
In September 2013, Chemaly was appointed to set up the office of the Danish Refugee Council in Geneva[15] to strengthen the NGO's position as a leading humanitarian organization taking part in shaping the World Humanitarian Summit.[16]
United Nations
In 2015, during the Syria humanitarian crisis, Chemaly was appointed to the UN Office of Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, heading coordination and operations for cross border response into Syria, and later served as Deputy Head of the Regional Office for the Syria Crisis.
In 2017, Chemaly joined the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) team working on the preparations for the Global Compact on Refugees.
In 2021, Chemaly was reported by the New Humanitarian,[17] Devex[18] and Bistandsaktuelt[19] to be considered for Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator. In an interview with the podcast Trumanitarian, Chemaly said "a new generation of humanitarian leadership, coming from the Global South, having had the experience of being on both sides of the aid system... could be very well qualified to rally all the good forces to deal with the problems of today and ready inclusive humanitarianism for the problems of tomorrow."[20]
In 2022, Chemaly was appointed as Principal Adviser to the Office of the UN Secretary-General Special Adviser on Solutions to internal displacement and conducted negotiations to design solutions for uprooted citizens of Chad.
References
- ↑ "Reflection Paper - William S. Chemaly | Global Protection Cluster". globalprotectioncluster.org. Retrieved 2025-04-10.
- ↑ "Disasters Expo Europe". Disasters Expo Europe. Retrieved 2025-04-10.
- ↑ Malta, L.-Università ta'. "The European Master's Programme in Human Rights and Democratisation (EMA)". L-Università ta' Malta. Retrieved 2025-04-10.
- ↑ "Irish Centre for Human Rights - University of Galway". www.universityofgalway.ie. Retrieved 2025-04-10.
- ↑ https://www.jips.org/uploads/2018/10/original_JIPS_Governance_Model_2016.pdf
- ↑ "JIPS - Joint IDP Profiling Service-Afghanistan". JIPS - Joint IDP Profiling Service. Retrieved 2025-04-10.
- ↑ "JIPS - Joint IDP Profiling Service-Burundi". JIPS - Joint IDP Profiling Service. Retrieved 2025-04-10.
- ↑ "JIPS - Joint IDP Profiling Service-Colombia". JIPS - Joint IDP Profiling Service. Retrieved 2025-04-10.
- ↑ "JIPS - Joint IDP Profiling Service-Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)". JIPS - Joint IDP Profiling Service. Retrieved 2025-04-10.
- ↑ "JIPS - Joint IDP Profiling Service-Serbia". JIPS - Joint IDP Profiling Service. Retrieved 2025-04-10.
- ↑ "JIPS - Joint IDP Profiling Service-Yemen". JIPS - Joint IDP Profiling Service. Retrieved 2025-04-10.
- ↑ "JIPS - Joint IDP Profiling Service-UN General Assembly Resolution (2017, A/C.3/72/L.46/Rev.1)". JIPS - Joint IDP Profiling Service. Retrieved 2025-04-10.
- ↑ "JIPS - Joint IDP Profiling Service-UN General Assembly – Human Rights Council Resolution (2016, A/HRC/32/35)". JIPS - Joint IDP Profiling Service. Retrieved 2025-04-10.
- ↑ "Shaking the Box of Profiling Internally Displaced Persons Situations". Tufts - Feinstein International Center. Retrieved 2025-04-10.
- ↑ "The DRC representative in Geneva". news.trust.org. Retrieved 2025-04-10.
- ↑ "World Humanitarian Summit: Regional Consultation for Europe and Others Group, Budapest, 3-4 February 2015 - Final Report - World | ReliefWeb". reliefweb.int. 2016-04-21. Retrieved 2025-04-10.
- ↑ "The New Humanitarian | Search for new UN relief chief under way". www.thenewhumanitarian.org. 2021-03-31. Retrieved 2025-04-10.
- ↑ April 2021, Laura Kirkpatrick // 12 (2021-04-12). "The battle for the future of OCHA, explained". Devex. Retrieved 2025-04-10.
- ↑ Speed, Jan (2021-04-23). "Hvem blir verdens nye nødhjelpssjef?". www.panoramanyheter.no (in norsk bokmål). Retrieved 2025-04-10.
- ↑ "19. William Who?". Trumanitarian. Retrieved 2025-04-10.
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