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Country: United States of America
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Mrs. Wynes was a
career member of the U.S. Senior Executive Service who joined
the United States Department of State in 1973. While working
in the Department's Central Budget Office, she was responsible
for the Department's Congressional Authorization process and
worked on the formulation and justification of the
Department's overall budget request to the U.S. Congress.
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In 1978 she joined the
Bureau of International Organization Affairs and worked on
developing and implementing U.S. policies relating to
budgetary, administrative, and management issues of the United
Nations and over 60 other international organizations.
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In July 1998 she was named Director of the Office of UN
System Administration. In that capacity, she managed the
entirety of the U.S. Government's efforts for the management
and administration of the United Nations, the UN affiliated
agencies, the inter-American system, regional organizations
and others. She was responsible for developing, formulating,
coordinating, recommending and implementing U.S. policies
regarding budgetary and management reform of these
institutions. She oversaw the development and presentation of
budget requests to Congress to finance U.S. assessed and
voluntary contributions to international organizations and
programs. She guided these requests through the budget process
within the Department of State and the Office of Management
and Budget and served as the supporting witness to the
Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization
Affairs at Congressional hearings. She also served as the
principal briefer to Congressional staff on all budget and
finance issues relating to the UN and other international
organizations.
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Mrs. Wynes served as the United States Member of the
Finance Committee of the International Hydrographic
Organization. She was elected to and served on the Finance
Committee of the International Seabed Authority in Kingston,
Jamaica. She has served as a delegate to the United Nations
General Assembly and to the Inter-American Institute for
Cooperation on Agriculture. In June 2001, she served as head
of the United States delegation to the United Nations
Committee for Program and Coordination meeting.
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Appointed by the United Nations General Assembly as an
Inspector, Mrs. Wynes began her term on the Joint Inspection
Unit in January 2003. In 2004 and 2005 she was elected
Vice-Chairman of the Unit and in 2006 she was elected
Chairperson.
In late 2006, she was re-elected as Chairperson for 2007.
Mrs. Wynes was the recipient of numerous Superior Honor
awards throughout her career and in 2002 was awarded the
President's Rank Award for Meritorious Executive Service.
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Mrs. Wynes holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the College of
Notre Dame of Maryland and a diploma from the National War
College.
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