{"id":234,"date":"2025-10-02T03:39:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T03:39:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/cheng-hopkins-judy\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T03:39:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T03:39:14","slug":"cheng-hopkins-judy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/authors\/cheng-hopkins-judy\/","title":{"rendered":"Cheng Hopkins Judy"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"content column wide left normal content view\" id=\"content\">\n<div class=\"rounded-corner\"><\/div>\n<article class=\"fader\">\n<header class=\"contents\">\n<h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJudy Cheng-Hopkins<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"author_addthis\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n    var addthis_config = {\n        ui_language = 'en'\n    }\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"addthis sharing\">\n    <!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --><\/p>\n<div class=\"addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style\" addthis:title=\"Cheng-Hopkins Judy\">\n    <a class=\"addthis_button_facebook_like\" fb:like:layout=\"button_count\"><\/a><br \/>\n    <a class=\"addthis_button_tweet\" tw:via=\"thebrokeronline\"><\/a><br \/>\n    <a class=\"addthis_button_pinterest_pinit\"><\/a><br \/>\n    <a class=\"addthis_counter addthis_pill_style\"><\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<p>    <script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/js\/300\/addthis_widget.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n    <!-- AddThis Button END -->\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"addthis article_options\">\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"body contents\">\n<div class=\"object-left\">\n<div class=\"img border\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/authors\/cheng-hopkins-judy\/170338-2-eng-gb\/cheng-hopkins-judy_author.jpg\" alt=\"Cheng-Hopkins Judy\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">Judy Cheng-Hopkins was appointed Assistant Secretary-General for Peacebuilding Support (heading the PBSO) on 17 April 2025 by Secretary-General Ban Ki -moon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-JUSTIFY\">Before joining the PBSO in New York, Ms. Cheng-Hopkins had a long and successful UN career spanning over 30 years covering development and humanitarian work in Africa and Asia, with a 10 year stint in the field in Africa. Ms. Cheng-Hopkins was the UN\u2019s Assistant High Commissioner for Refugees from February 2006 to August 2009 where she helped develop UNHCR\u2019s policies on IDPs as well as refugee\/IDP return and reintegration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-JUSTIFY\">Previously, Ms. Cheng-Hopkins served as the Director of the World Food Programme\u2019s Office Asia and Eastern Europe Bureau from 1997-2000, where she supervised some of WFP\u2019s largest and most significant operations of that period, in DPRK and Kosovo, and conceptualized and managed a smooth and innovative exit from China.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-JUSTIFY\">Prior to that, she served UNDP in Africa for 10 years, first in Zambia (1982-1988), then in Kenya (1988-1992). She was also Deputy Assistant Administrator for Africa (2002-2003) and Deputy Executive Secretary of the UN Capital Development Fund from 1993-1997.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-JUSTIFY\">Ms. Cheng-Hopkins received a Master of International Affairs degree from Columbia University\u2019s School of International and Public Affairs (1978), USA. She has also received diplomas from Universit\u00e8 d\u2019Haute Bretagne in Rennes, France and the Business School at Harvard University.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-JUSTIFY\">Ms. Cheng-Hopkins is Malaysian and is the first Malaysian to be listed in Forbes magazine&#8217;s list of \u201cThe 10 Most Powerful Women at the UN\u201d. She is married to Dr. Thomas J. Hopkins and is the mother of two daughters.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"children\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n<div class=\"overlay\"><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/busan-high-level-forum\/violent-conflict-is-having-a-devastating-effect-on-development-goals\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/images\/170383-6-eng-gb\/violent-conflict-is-having-a-devastating-effect-on-development-goals_column.jpg\" alt=\"Violent conflict is having a devastating effect on Development Goals\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/busan-high-level-forum\/violent-conflict-is-having-a-devastating-effect-on-development-goals\/\">Violent conflict is having a devastating effect on Development Goals<\/a><\/h3>\n<h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/authors\/cheng-hopkins-judy\/\">Judy Cheng-Hopkins<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t02 October 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tPeacebuilding has to be centre stage at the high-level debate on aid effectiveness in Busan.\n\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"icons\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/themes\/global-development-strategies\/\" title=\"Global Development Strategies\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/themes\/global-development-strategies\/88488-14-eng-gb\/global-development-strategies_tiny_icon.png\" alt=\"Global Development Strategies\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/busan-high-level-forum\/violent-conflict-is-having-a-devastating-effect-on-development-goals\/\">read more<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"navigator\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n","protected":false,"raw":""},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Judy Cheng-Hopkins Judy Cheng-Hopkins was appointed Assistant Secretary-General for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template_4.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-234","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - 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