Tatiana Valovaya

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Dmitrievna and the family name is Valovaya.
Tatyana Dmitrievna Valovaya
Valovaya in 2013
13th Director General of the United Nations Office at Geneva (UN Geneva)
Incumbent
Assumed office
May 2019
Preceded byMichael Møller
Minister for Integration and Macroeconomics of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC)
In office
2014–2017
Personal details
Born (1958-04-11) April 11, 1958
Moscow, Soviet Union
Alma materMoscow Financial Institute

Tatyana Dmitrievna Valovaya (Russian: Татьяна Дмитриевна Валовая; born 11 April 1958) is a Russian journalist, economist, politician and diplomat. Since 2019 she has served as the Director General of the United Nations Office at Geneva (UN Geneva). She has previously held roles in the Government of the Russian Federation and the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC).

Biography

Valovaya was born on 11 April 1958 and was raised in Moscow in the Soviet Union.[1] She studied a PhD at the Moscow Financial Institute, graduating in 1980.[2] Valovaya worked at The Economic Gazette in Moscow from 1984 to 1989.[1] She wrote articles about international monetary relations and European economic integration.[3]

From 1989 to 1994, Valovaya served as Third then Second Secretary at Russia’s Permanent Mission to the European Union (EU) in Brussels, Belgium.[3][4][5] She was Director of the Department of International Cooperation of the Government of the Russian Federation from 1999 to 2012.[6][3]

From 2014 to 2017, Valovaya was a Board Member and Minister for Integration and Macroeconomics of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC),[7][8][9] which includes the countries of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia. In this position, she spoke at events in Cambodia and has stated that the EEC does not need to introduce a single currency similar to the Euro.[10][11]

On 30 May 2019, Valovaya was appointed Director General of the United Nations Office at Geneva (UN Geneva),[3][12] succeeding Danish diplomat Michael Møller.[4][13] She is 13th Director General and is the first woman to hold this position.[2][14][15] Valovaya also became Secretary-General of the multilateral Conference on Disarmament (CD)[16][17] and Personal Representative of the UN Secretary-General to the CD.[18] She is a member of the Honorary Committee of the Diplomatic Club of Geneva.[19]

In these roles, Valovaya has defended the credibility of United Nations Charter and Universal Declaration of Human Rights,[20] but has been criticised by French publications for her silence on the Russo-Ukrainian War and how this reflects on the United Nations.[21][22][23] She has also spoken on the financial challenges facing the UN Secretariat, for example due to electricity costs,[24] and the future on multilateralism.[25]

In September 2022, Valovaya was a member of the panel which relaunched the International Gender Champions "I Say No To Sexism Campaign."[26]

Awards

Nizami Ganjavi International Award (2021)[27][28][29]

References

  1. ^ a b Richards, Ian (15 October 2019). "Interview with UNOG Director-General Ms. Tatiana Valovaya". UN Today. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  2. ^ a b "Tatiana Valovaya". PeaceTalks (in French). Archived from the original on 6 August 2025. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  3. ^ a b c d "Secretary-General Appoints Tatiana Valovaya of Russian Federation Director General United Nations Office at Geneva". United Nations. 30 May 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  4. ^ a b "Tatiana Valovaya, nouvelle directrice générale des Nations Unies à Genève". Maroc Diplomatique (in French). 31 May 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  5. ^ Lehmkuhle, Erik R. (31 October 2024). THE SWISS EFFECT. Archway Publishing. ISBN 978-1-6657-6582-4.
  6. ^ Рубль на постсоветском пространстве (in Russian). ОГНИ ТД. 2005. p. 4. ISBN 978-5-9722-0002-3.
  7. ^ Пивовар, Ефим (5 February 2025). The Space of Greater Eurasia in the Twenty-First Century. Processes of integration: institutions, trends, and challenges. Litres. p. 104. ISBN 978-5-04-721376-7.
  8. ^ Chan, Sok (17 December 2017). "Eurasia in the limelight: Q&A with EAEU's Tatiana Valovaya". Khmer Times. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  9. ^ Lane, David; Samokhvalov, V. (29 April 2016). The Eurasian Project and Europe: Regional Discontinuities and Geopolitics. Springer. ISBN 978-1-137-47296-0.
  10. ^ "Tatiana Valovaya: No need to introduce EAEU single currency". Armenian News-NEWS.am. 17 May 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  11. ^ Orrell, David; Chlupatý, Roman (14 June 2016). The Evolution of Money. Columbia University Press. p. 135. ISBN 978-0-231-54167-1.
  12. ^ Altug, Bayram (31 May 2019). "UN appoints Russia's Valovaya to head Geneva office". Anadolu Ajansı. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  13. ^ "Tatiana Valovaya of Russia appointed Director-General of the United Nations Geneva Office". Russian News Agency TASS. 30 May 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  14. ^ "The secret to SDG success". ISO. 13 October 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  15. ^ "Tatiana Valovaya, première femme à diriger l'ONU à Genève". Radio Télévision Suisse (RTS) (in French). 2 September 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  16. ^ "TATIANA VALOVAYA, NEWLY APPOINTED SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT AND DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA, ADDRESSES THE CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT FOR THE FIRST TIME". The United Nations Office at Geneva. 14 August 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  17. ^ "For the first time in history, four women lead disarmament affairs at the UN". International Gender Champions. 26 August 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  18. ^ "Interview with Ms Tatiana Valovaya Director General, United Nations Office at Geneva". Diva International. 26 July 2021. Archived from the original on 7 December 2024. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  19. ^ "Le Comité d'honneur". Club Diplomatique De Geneve (in French). Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  20. ^ "UN's potential not yet exhausted, director general of UN Geneva office says". Russian News Agency TASS. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  21. ^ Dowell, William Thatcher (18 March 2022). "Russia's UN political appointees silent on Ukraine". Le News Sàrl. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  22. ^ "UNHCR, WHO, ICRC... are concerned about the war in Ukraine. The director of the UN in Geneva the rus Tatiana Valovaya, is silent! Where is the credibility of the UN?". Le Canton 27 le Journal Suisse Albanais en Suisse (in French). 20 March 2022. Archived from the original on 19 July 2025. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  23. ^ Girardet, Edward (12 July 2022). "Silence in Geneva: UN Chief Stays Silent on Putin's War". Global Geneva. Archived from the original on 12 June 2025. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  24. ^ "UN Geneva's Director-General warns of difficult year ahead". SWI swissinfo.ch. 7 February 2024. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  25. ^ "L'avenir du multilatéralisme, conférence de Mme Tatiana Valovaya, directrice générale ONU Genève, organisée aux HUG". Hug.ch (in French). 17 May 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  26. ^ ""I Say No to Sexism" Campaign Re-launch and Panel Discussion". International Gender Champions. 25 October 2022. Archived from the original on 30 September 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  27. ^ "WHO and UN Geneva Office chiefs honored with Nizami Ganjavi Int'l Award". news.az. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  28. ^ "WHO and UN Geneva Office chiefs honored with Nizami Ganjavi International Award". 4 November 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  29. ^ "Nizami Ganjavi International Award". TNPSC Monthly Current Affairs. 5 November 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
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