Yvette Stevens is the former Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Sierra Leone to the United Nations Office in Geneva. She has served many roles across various UN bodies since she first joined the organisation in 1980, including the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), the United Nations Office of the Special Adviser on Africa (UNOSAA), and the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Yvette also served UNHCR in Africa, first as Deputy Liaison Representative in Ethiopia from 1995 to 1997 and then as the UNHCR Representative to Kenya and Somalia from 1997 to 1999. In the latter capacity, she acted as the United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia on a number of occasions.
As Permanent Representative of Sierra Leone, Ambassador Stevens worked on addressing various human rights issues, including but not limited to: Child Early and Forced Marriage; Persons Living with Albinism and Women’s Rights; trade and Trade Assistance to Least Developing Countries; and the disarmament of Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems.
Following her retirement from the UN, Yvette worked as a freelance consultant on humanitarian issues as well as on disaster risk reduction in Africa. She is now an executive-in-residence at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy.
Yvette Stevens is the former Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Sierra Leone to the United Nations Office in Geneva. She has served many roles across various UN bodies since she first joined the organisation in 1980, including the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), the United Nations Office of the Special Adviser on Africa (UNOSAA), and the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Yvette also served UNHCR in Africa, first as Deputy Liaison Representative in Ethiopia from 1995 to 1997 and then as the UNHCR Representative to Kenya and Somalia from 1997 to 1999. In the latter capacity, she acted as the United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia on a number of occasions.
As Permanent Representative of Sierra Leone, Ambassador Stevens worked on addressing various human rights issues, including but not limited to: Child Early and Forced Marriage; Persons Living with Albinism and Women’s Rights; trade and Trade Assistance to Least Developing Countries; and the disarmament of Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems.
Following her retirement from the UN, Yvette worked as a freelance consultant on humanitarian issues as well as on disaster risk reduction in Africa. She is now an executive-in-residence at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy.
Yvette Stevens is the former Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Sierra Leone to the United Nations Office in Geneva. She has served many roles across various UN bodies since she first joined the organisation in 1980, including the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), the United Nations Office of the Special Adviser on Africa (UNOSAA), and the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Yvette also served UNHCR in Africa, first as Deputy Liaison Representative in Ethiopia from 1995 to 1997 and then as the UNHCR Representative to Kenya and Somalia from 1997 to 1999. In the latter capacity, she acted as the United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia on a number of occasions.
As Permanent Representative of Sierra Leone, Ambassador Stevens worked on addressing various human rights issues, including but not limited to: Child Early and Forced Marriage; Persons Living with Albinism and Women’s Rights; trade and Trade Assistance to Least Developing Countries; and the disarmament of Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems.
Following her retirement from the UN, Yvette worked as a freelance consultant on humanitarian issues as well as on disaster risk reduction in Africa. She is now an executive-in-residence at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy.
