John Reddaway

John Reddaway CMG, OBE (12 April 1916 – 25 June 1990) was a diplomat who served as Deputy Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), 1960-68.

He was born in Ilford and educated at Ilford County High School and the University of Reading.

Career: Colonial Administrative Service, Cyprus, 1938; Imperial Defence College, 1954; Administrative Secretary, Cyprus, 1957–60; Deputy Commissioner-General, United Nations Relief and Works Agency, 1960-8; Director-General, Arab-British Centre, London, 1970-80.

He was awarded the OBE in 1957 and the CMG in 1959.

As Director of the Arab-British Centre,[1] he was involved in Paris with (French) Lucien Bitterlin's EURABIA Committee ("European Coordinating Committee of Friendship Societies with the Arab World") where he represented the Council for the Advancement of Arab-British Understanding. He co-signed some publications of this EURABIA Committee.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Between 1970 and 1980, see Routledge Guide to British Political Archives.
  2. ↑ See at the Bibliothèque nationale de France Europe Pays Arabes 1973 and Bulletins Eurabia 1975-1976, especially Bulletins n° 17, 18, 29 (february, march and november 1974).—At the British Library (1), (2) and (3).


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