Permanent Representative of Australia to the United Nations

Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Australia to the United Nations
Incumbent
Her Excellency Gillian Bird PSM
since 28 June 2014
Style Her Excellency
Nominator Prime Minister of Australia
Appointer Governor General of Australia
Inaugural holder Paul Hasluck
Formation 1946
Website Permanent Representative

The Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Australia to the United Nations is an officer of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the head of the Permanent Mission of the Commonwealth of Australia to the United Nations in New York. The position has the rank and status of an Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and is the lead Australian representative to the UN, although that role is also shared with representatives present at the United Nations Office in Geneva, the United Nations Office in Vienna and the United Nations Office at Nairobi, and the delegations to UNESCO and the United Nations Agencies in Rome. Australia is a charter member of the United Nations and has sent representatives to New York since 1946.

The Permanent Representative, currently Gillian Bird, is charged with representing Australia during plenary meetings of the General Assembly and, when Australia holds a non-permanent seat or by invitation, the Security Council, except in the rare situation in which a more senior officer (such as the Minister for Foreign Affairs or the Prime Minister of Australia) is present. The post is appointed by the Governor General of Australia in the name of the monarch, and nominated by the Prime Minister.

Office holders

NameStart of termEnd of termReferences
Norman Makin (Head of Delegation)19451946
Paul Hasluck 19461947
John Hood 19471950
Mick Shann (acting) 19501951
Bill Forsyth 19511956
Edward Ronald Walker 19561959
James Plimsoll 19591963
David Hay19641965[1]
Patrick Shaw 19651970
Laurence McIntyre 19701975
Ralph Harry 19751978
Harold David Anderson 19781982
Richard Woolcott 19821988
Michael Costello (acting) 19881989
Peter Wilenski 19891992
Richard Butler 19921996
Penelope Wensley 19972001[2]
John Dauth 20012006[3]
Caroline Millar (acting) 20062006
Robert Hill 20062009
Gary Quinlan20092015[4]
Gillian Bird2015present[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Farquharson, John (2009-05-22). "David Hay, 1916-2009". smh.com.a. Retrieved 2009-05-22.
  2. ↑ "Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, New York". Minister for Foreign Affairs of Australia. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  3. ↑ "Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, New York". Minister for Foreign Affairs of Australia. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  4. ↑ "Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations". Minister for Foreign Affairs of Australia. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  5. ↑ "Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations". Retrieved 20 March 2015.

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Sunday, February 21, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.