Amra Lee

Amra Lee has spent 18 years on the front lines of protecting civilians and humanitarian response — with the UN, the Australian Government, and NGOs across West Asia and the Asia-Pacific. Recent roles include Senior Humanitarian Adviser at the Australian Mission to the UN in New York and Head of Program with WFP Pacific during the Covid response. She co-authored the 2015 Independent Whole-of-System Review of Protection in Humanitarian Action. Now a PhD candidate at ANU, her research examines how the UN can protect civilians at risk in a changing world order. She writes and speaks on current humanitarian and multilateral challenges, including for The Conversation.