Movses Abelian is an Armenian-Georgian diplomat who has served as Under-Secretary-General for General Assembly and Conference Management and Coordinator for Multilingualism in the United Nations Secretariat since 2019.
He was an associate professor at Yerevan State University from 1989 to 1992[2] before joining the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia.
During his tenure he held roles as chair of the General Assembly's Fifth Committee in 1998, vice-chair of the United Nations Disarmament Commission in 2000, president of the Executive Board of UNICEF in 2001 and facilitator for United Nations reform in 2002.
[1] After becoming a United Nations official, Abelian served as director of the Security Council Affairs Division from 2011 to 2016 before being appointed Assistant Secretary-General for General Assembly and Conference Management.
He succeeded Catherine Pollard as Under-Secretary-General for General Assembly and Conference Management[3] and Coordinator for Multilingualism[4] in 2019.