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Jeremy Greenstock

Former UK Ambassador to the United Nations

Sir Jeremy Greenstock is the chairman of the United Nations Association of the UK (UNA-UK).

He was a member of the British Diplomatic Service from 1969 to 2004. During this time, he served in the British embassies in Washington DC, Paris, Dubai and Saudi Arabia. He was British Ambassador to the United Nations for five years, from 1998 to 2003, attending over 150 meetings of the UN Security Council. From October 2001 to April 2003, he was Chairman of the Security Council’s Counter-Terrorism Committee, and in 2003 he headed a Security Council mission to West Africa to assess the UN activities there, including the work of the UN Mission in Sierra Leone.

From September 2003 to March 2004, Sir Jeremy was UK Special Representative for Iraq. He was then Director of The Ditchley Foundation until August 2010. He currently serves as a Trustee of the International Rescue Committee (UK) and a Non-Executive Director of De La Rue plc and of Lambert Energy Advisory.

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