Change of UK Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations and Other International Organisations in Geneva
Julian Braithwaite has been appointed as UK Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva.
Mr Julian Braithwaite has been appointed as UK Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva in succession to Ms Karen Pierce CMG, who will be transferring to another Diplomatic Service appointment. Mr Braithwaite will take up his appointment during April 2015.
Mr Braithwaite joined the FCO in 1994. He spent much of his early career dealing with the conflicts in the former Yugoslavia, first in the FCO during the war in Bosnia, with the UN at the end of the war in Croatia, in Belgrade in the run up to the conflict in Kosovo, on secondment in NATO during that conflict, and then with Lord Ashdown in Bosnia. He has worked twice in Downing Street, first for four years as a press officer and then speechwriter for Prime Minister Tony Blair, and then running the Government’s communication campaign during the Libya crisis in 2011. He has served in Washington and most recently in Brussels, as the UK’s Ambassador to the EU Political and Security Committee. He is married to Biljana Braithwaite and has two daughters.
The UK Mission works with over 35 international organisations, agencies and offices in Geneva, including the UN Human Rights Council, the World Trade Organisation, the World Health Organisation, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, the International Labour Office, the International Telecommunications Union, the Conference on Disarmament, CERN and the World Economic Forum.
On his appointment as Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations and Other International Organisations in Geneva, Mr Braithwaite said:
I’m looking forward to building on the achievements of Ambassador Pierce and her team, to advance Britain’s agenda in Geneva of extending prosperity and respect for human rights; tackling growing global challenges including humanitarian crises, arms control, and disease; and strengthening the UN system.
CURRICULUM VITAE
| Full name | Julian Braithwaite |
| 2011 – present | UKREP Brussels, Permanent Representative to the Political and Security Committee of the EU |
| 2011 | No 10 Downing St, Head of Libya Communications Team |
| 2008 – 2011 | FCO, Director of Consular Services |
| 2004 – 2008 | Washington, Counsellor for Global Issues |
| 2002 – 2004 | Office of the High Representative, Bosnia, Director of Communications |
| 2000 – 2002 | No 10 Downing Street, Speech writer |
| 1999 | NATO military headquarters, Mons, Special Adviser to the Supreme Allied Commander |
| 1998 – 2000 | No 10 Downing Street, Press Officer |
| 1996 – 1998 | Belgrade, First Secretary Political |
| 1995 | Special Adviser to the UN Special Representative of the Secretary General, Zagreb |
| 1994 – 1995 | FCO, Desk Officer Bosnia and NATO issues |
| 1994 | Joined FCO |
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