Angela Kane was appointed as the Sam Nunn Distinguished
Fellow at the Nuclear Threat Initiative in Washington, D.C. in August
2021. She is a Visiting Professor and
Member of the Strategic Committee, Paris School of International Affairs/SciencesPo;
Visiting Professor, Tsinghua University Schwarzman Scholars, Beijing; Professorial
Lecturer, Diplomatic Academy Vienna and serves as Chair of the United Nations
University Council in Japan. She holds a number of other functions –
temporarily paused - such as Vice President, International Institute for Peace,
Vienna; and Senior Fellow at the Vienna Center for Disarmament and
Non-Proliferation.
Together with Professor Moon-in Chung she was the Co-Chair
of the Global Future Council on the Korean Peninsula of the World Economic Forum
until November 2021. She is a Member, Group of Eminent Persons, Comprehensive
Test Ban Treaty Organization; Member, Group of Eminent Persons for Substantive
Advancement for Nuclear Disarmament appointed by the Foreign Minister of Japan;
Member, European Leadership Network; Reserve Member, High-Level Group on
Artificial Intelligence of the European AI Alliance; Member, United Europe;
Member, Global Alliance of Leaders, Astana Club; additional Board memberships
in NGOs in Europe, United States, and Asia.
Until mid-2015, Ms. Kane served as the United Nations High
Representative for Disarmament Affairs. She provided strategy, vision and
thought leadership for the United Nations on its multilateral disarmament and
non-proliferation agendas. She was responsible for planning, negotiating and
conducting the ground-breaking investigation of alleged chemical weapons use in
Syria in 2013, which resulted in Syria’s destruction of its chemical stocks.
Previously, Ms. Kane served as the Under-Secretary-General for Management,
heading the largest and most complex UN department, with responsibility for the
global financial and budgetary management of the UN (2008-2012). Ms. Kane also
served as UN Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, focusing on the
prevention and resolution of conflicts in all regions except Africa. She was
the Assistant Secretary-General for General Assembly and Conference Management.
Her field experience includes Deputy Special Representative of the
Secretary-General for the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea
(UNMEE), a special assignment to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and
multi-year postings in Indonesia and Thailand.
Until mid-2015, Ms. Kane served as the United Nations High
Representative for Disarmament Affairs. She provided strategy, vision and
thought leadership for the United Nations on its multilateral disarmament and
non-proliferation agendas. She was responsible for planning, negotiating and
conducting the ground-breaking investigation of alleged chemical weapons use in
Syria in 2013, which resulted in Syria’s destruction of its chemical stocks.
Previously, Ms. Kane served as the Under-Secretary-General for Management,
heading the largest and most complex UN department, with responsibility for the
global financial and budgetary management of the UN (2008-2012). Ms. Kane also
served as UN Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, focusing on the
prevention and resolution of conflicts in all regions except Africa. She was
the Assistant Secretary-General for General Assembly and Conference Management.
Her field experience includes Deputy Special Representative of the
Secretary-General for the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea
(UNMEE), a special assignment to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and
multi-year postings in Indonesia and Thailand.
