Permanent Representative of Australia to the United Nations Office in Geneva

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Permanent Representative of Australia to the United Nations Office in Geneva
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Incumbent
John Quinn
since September 2014
Style His Excellency
Nominator Prime Minister of Australia
Appointer Governor General of Australia
Inaugural holder Bertram Ballard
Formation 14 December 1949[1]
Website Australian Permanent Mission and Consulate-General Geneva, Switzerland

The Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Australia to the United Nations Office in Geneva is an officer of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the head of the delegation of the Commonwealth of Australia to the United Nations Office in Geneva, Switzerland, and also as Permanent Representative of Australia to the Conference on Disarmament.

The position has the rank and status of an Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and has been sent since the establishment of the European Office of the United Nations in Geneva on 14 December 1949. The United Nations Office in Geneva includes the headquarters of various international organisations including the World Health Organization, the United Nations Human Rights Council, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the International Labour Organization. From 1949 to 1973 the role was titled 'Permanent Delegate'. From 1983 to 1997 there was a separate Permanent Representative to the Conference on Disarmament, but from its establishment in 1979 to 1983 and from 1997 to present it has been held by the present office.[1]

Office-holders

Permanent Delegates

Name Start of term End of term References
Bertram Ballard 14 December 1949 April 1951 [1]
Patrick Shaw April 1951 August 1953 [2]
Ralph Harry August 1953 March 1956 [3]
Gordon Jockel March 1956 February 1959 [4]
Lawrence Arnott February 1959 December 1961
Robert Furlonger December 1961 July 1964 [5]
Brian Hill July 1964 May 1969 [6]
Harold Maxwell Loveday May 1969 February 1973 [7]

Permanent Representatives

Name Start of term End of term References
Laurence Corkery February 1973 December 1974 [7]
Owen Davis December 1974 April 1977
Frederick Blakeney April 1977 July 1978 [8]
Lloyd Thomson July 1978 August 1981 [9]
David Sadleir August 1981 October 1984 [10]
Robert Robertson October 1984 December 1988 [11]
Edward Ronald Walker December 1988 January 1993 [11]
Penelope Wensley January 1993 October 1996 [12]
Howard Bamsey January 1996 October 1996 [13]
John Campbell October 1996 March 1999
Les Luck March 1999 April 2002 [14]
Michael Smith April 2002 May 2006 [15]
Caroline Millar May 2006 February 2010 [16]
Peter Woolcott February 2010 September 2014 [17]
John Quinn September 2014 present [18]

Permanent Representatives to the Conference on Disarmament

Name Start of term End of term References
Richard Butler September 1983 January 1989 [1]
David Reese January 1989 December 1990 [1]
Paul O'Sullivan December 1990 March 1994 [1]
Richard Starr March 1994 1997 [1]

References

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External links

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