The Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations Conference on Disarmament is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva. Permanent Representatives normally hold the personal rank of Ambassador.
The Conference on Disarmament was formally established in 1979; this list includes chief diplomats to the preceding Eighteen-Nation Committee on Disarmament (1962–68) and Conference of the Committee on Disarmament (1969–78). In the early years of the Eighteen-Nation Committee the UK delegation was led by the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Joseph Godber (later Lord Godber of Willington)[1] with a diplomat, Sir Paul Mason, as resident alternate.
List of permanent representatives
- 1962–1964: Sir Paul Mason (Alternate Delegate to Minister of State) [2]
- 1964–1967: Harold Beeley (UK Representative) [3]
- 1967–1971: Ivor Porter (Minister 1967–68, then Ambassador) [4]
- 1971–1974: Henry Hainworth[5]
- 1974–1977: Mark Allen[6]
- 1977–1979: Derick Ashe[7]
- 1979–1982: David Summerhayes [8]
- 1982–1987: Ian Cromartie [9]
- 1987–1992: Tessa Solesby [10]
- 1992–1997: Sir Michael Weston[11]
- 1997–2001: Ian Soutar[12]
- 2001–2004: David Broucher[13]
- 2004–2006: John Freeman
- 2006–2011: John Duncan [14]
- 2011–2013: Joanne Adamson[15]
- 2013–2018: Matthew Rowland [16]
- 2018–present[update]: Aidan Liddle [17]
References
- ^ GODBER OF WILLINGTON, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007, accessed 17 Jan 2013
- ^ MASON, Sir Paul, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012, accessed 17 Jan 2013
- ^ BEELEY, Sir Harold, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012, accessed 17 Jan 2013
- ^ PORTER, Ivor Forsyth, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012, accessed 17 Jan 2013
- ^ HAINWORTH, Henry Charles, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012, accessed 17 Jan 2013
- ^ ALLEN, Mark Echalaz, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012, accessed 17 Jan 2013
- ^ ASHE, Sir Derick (Rosslyn), Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012, accessed 17 Jan 2013
- ^ SUMMERHAYES, David Michael, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2009, accessed 17 Jan 2013
- ^ CROMARTIE, (Ronald) Ian (Talbot), Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007, accessed 17 Jan 2013
- ^ SOLESBY, Tessa Audrey Hilda, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012, accessed 17 Jan 2013
- ^ WESTON, Sir Michael (Charles Swift), Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012, accessed 17 Jan 2013
- ^ SOUTAR, (Samuel) Ian, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012, accessed 17 Jan 2013
- ^ BROUCHER, David Stuart, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012, accessed 17 Jan 2013
- ^ DUNCAN, John Stewart, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012, accessed 17 Jan 2013
- ^ Change of Permanent Representative to the UN Conference on Disarmament in Geneva, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, 1 August 2011
- ^ Dr Matthew Rowland, UK Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva, gov.uk
- ^ Aidan Liddle, Permanent Representative to the Conference on Disarmament, biography on gov.uk
External links
- UK and the United Nations (Geneva), gov.uk
- Conference on Disarmament, United Nations Office at Geneva
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