Permanent Representative of Australia to the United Nations Office in Geneva

Permanent Representative of Australia to the United Nations Office in Geneva
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'. Between 1980 and 1982, Francis Patrick Donovan served as 'Special Trade Delegate' while remaining ranked as an Ambassador.[2] 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

NameStart of termEnd of termReferences
Bertram Ballard14 December 1949April 1951[1]
Patrick ShawApril 1951August 1953[3]
Ralph HarryAugust 1953March 1956[4]
Gordon JockelMarch 1956February 1959[5]
Lawrence ArnottFebruary 1959December 1961
Robert FurlongerDecember 1961July 1964[6]
Brian HillJuly 1964May 1969[7]
Harold Maxwell LovedayMay 1969February 1973[8]

Permanent Representatives

NameStart of termEnd of termReferences
Laurence CorkeryFebruary 1973December 1974[8]
Owen DavisDecember 1974April 1977
Frederick BlakeneyApril 1977July 1978[9]
Lloyd ThomsonJuly 1978August 1981[10]
David SadleirAugust 1981October 1984[11]
Robert RobertsonOctober 1984December 1988[12]
Edward Ronald WalkerDecember 1988January 1993[12]
Penelope WensleyJanuary 1993October 1996[13]
Howard BamseyJanuary 1996October 1996[14]
John CampbellOctober 1996March 1999
Les LuckMarch 1999April 2002[15]
Michael SmithApril 2002May 2006[16]
Caroline MillarMay 2006February 2010[17]
Peter WoolcottFebruary 2010September 2014[18]
John QuinnSeptember 2014present[19]

Permanent Representatives to the Conference on Disarmament

NameStart of termEnd of termReferences
Richard ButlerSeptember 1983January 1989[1]
David ReeseJanuary 1989December 1990[1]
Paul O'SullivanDecember 1990March 1994[1]
Richard StarrMarch 19941997[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "CA 8164 - Australian Consulate-General and Permanent Mission to the Office of the United Nations, Geneva [Switzerland]". National Archives of Australia. Australian Government. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  2. ↑ "Deaths 2012". Rhodes Scholarship Trust. 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  3. ↑ "ENVOY TO GENEVA APPOINTED.". Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate. NSW: National Library of Australia. 9 March 1951. p. 3. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  4. ↑ "Appointment To Geneva.". The Newcastle Morning Herald. NSW: National Library of Australia. 25 July 1953. p. 9. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  5. ↑ "Consul-General To Switzerland.". The Canberra Times. ACT: National Library of Australia. 13 March 1956. p. 2. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  6. ↑ "Appointment To Geneva.". The Canberra Times. ACT: National Library of Australia. 15 December 1961. p. 2. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  7. ↑ "Appointment To Geneva.". The Canberra Times. ACT: National Library of Australia. 23 May 1964. p. 5. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  8. 1 2 "Diplomatic postings listed.". The Canberra Times. ACT: National Library of Australia. 18 November 1972. p. 8. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  9. ↑ "Netherlands envoy posted to Geneva.". The Canberra Times. ACT: National Library of Australia. 5 January 1977. p. 8. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  10. ↑ "UN envoy.". The Canberra Times. ACT: National Library of Australia. 15 May 1978. p. 9. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  11. ↑ "UN post for Sadleir.". The Canberra Times. ACT: National Library of Australia. 1 July 1981. p. 1. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  12. 1 2 "IN BRIEF Australia Post strike is over.". The Canberra Times. ACT: National Library of Australia. 2 October 1988. p. 3. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  13. ↑ "IN BRIEF.". The Canberra Times. ACT: National Library of Australia. 28 July 1995. p. 4. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  14. ↑ Evans, Gareth (27 July 1995). "Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Geneva UN, Ambassador for the Environment" (Press Release). DFAT. Australian Government. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  15. ↑ Downer, Alexander (18 February 1999). "Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador For Disarmament" (Press Release). DFAT. Australian Government. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  16. ↑ Downer, Alexander (11 December 2001). "Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to the UN in Geneva" (Press Release). DFAT. Australian Government. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  17. ↑ "Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to the United Nations Geneva" (Media Release). The Hon. Alexander Downer, MP - MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, AUSTRALIA. DFAT. 21 March 2006. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
  18. ↑ Smith, Stephen (12 February 2010). "Diplomatic appointment - Ambassador to the United Nations - Geneva" (Press Release). DFAT. Australian Government. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  19. ↑ Bishop, Julie (24 August 2014). "Ambassador to United Nations in Geneva" (Press Release). DFAT. Australian Government. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
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