Lubrani Osnat

Osnat LUBRANI is the UN Resident Coordinator, Humanitarian Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative in Ukraine. Prior to her appointment in July 2018, Ms. Lubrani served as UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative for the Republic of Fiji (2013-2018), with multi-country responsibilities for nine other Small Island Developing States. Since 2014, she was also designated as UN Humanitarian Coordinator for response to several disasters caused by extreme weather events. Previously, Ms. Lubrani worked as the UN Development Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative in Kosovo (2009-2013), working closely with the UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General overseeing the UN peacekeeping mission in Kosovo (UNMIK). Before that, she was seconded to UNDP’s Bureau for Conflict Prevention and Recovery to support UNDP in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Earlier, Ms. Lubrani held management positions with UNIFEM in New York Headquarters as well as in the field, including as Regional Director for Central and Eastern Europe and Director of the Liaison Office in Brussels. Ms. Lubrani holds a master’s degree in International Affairs from Columbia University in New York, a masters’ degree in Film and Television Production from New York University, and a bachelor’s degree in Anthropology and History of Africa from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.