Geraldine Byrne Nason

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Geraldine Byrne Nason (born 1959 ) is an Irish diplomat . She has been the permanent representative of her country to the United Nations since August 2017.

Youth and education

Geraldine Nason was born in 1959 in Drogheda , Eastern Ireland , and attended Our Lady's College there . She studied literature at St Patrick's College in Maynooth , graduating with a BA in Irish and English and an MA in English in 1981 .

Career

Nason joined the Irish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade in 1982. In the 1990s she was a government director at the OECD in Paris . She also worked for UN organizations in New York , Vienna , Geneva and Helsinki .

From 2011 to 2014 she was Second Secretary General in the Department of the Irish Prime Minister Taoiseach , making her the highest ranking woman in the Irish state. In the summer of 2014, she prepared a report on possible problems that could arise for Ireland as a result of the United Kingdom's departure from the European Union ( Brexit ).

In August 2014, Nason was named Irish Ambassador to France and Monaco. She organized an informal network of female ambassadors and journalists who met regularly at the Irish Embassy in Paris Alongside.

In August 2017, Nason was appointed Permanent Representative of Ireland to the UN in New York by Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar , succeeding David Donoghue in this capacity. She was tasked with making efforts to secure a seat on the UN Security Council for Ireland in 2020 .

Currently (2019) Nason heads the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW).

Awards and honors

  • 2013 WXN (Women's Executive Network) Award
  • 2014 admission to the Royal Irish Academy
  • 2015 Award of an honorary doctorate in literature by the University of Maynooth

Private life

Nason is married to Brian Nason and has one son.

She is a member of the International Gender Champions network , which advocates gender equality in international organizations.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c New Permanent Representative of Ireland Presents Credentials . United Nations. August 18, 2017. Retrieved October 27, 2017.
  2. ↑ a b c d e Top United Nations role for Geraldine . In: The Drogheda Independent . March 18, 2017. Retrieved October 27, 2017.
  3. ↑ Geraldine Byrne Nason . Maynooth University.
  4. ^ Arthur Beesley: Senior official in the Department of Taoiseach to leave position . In: Irish Times . April 3, 2014. Retrieved October 27, 2017.
  5. ^ Tony Connelly: Brexit and Ireland: The Dangers, the Opportunities, and the Inside Story of the Irish Response . Penguin UK, 2017.
  6. ^ Lara Marlowe: Irish envoy gathers powerful women together . In: Irish Times . June 9, 2015. Retrieved October 27, 2017.
  7. ^ Hubert Murphy: Geraldine is true ambassador for her beloved town . In: Drogheda Independent . July 1, 2017. Retrieved October 27, 2017.
  8. ↑ http://www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2019/3/take-five-geraldine-byrne-nason Speech on the role of the UNCSW
  9. ↑ https://wxnetwork.ie/wxn/top25awards-past-winners/ accessed on July 20, 2019
  10. ↑ https://www.ria.ie/geraldine-byrne-nason accessed on July 20, 2019
  11. ↑ https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/news-events/maynooth-university-awards-five-honorary-doctorates accessed on July 20, 2019
  12. ↑ https://genderchampions.com/champions/geraldine-byrne-nason accessed on December 26, 2019
personal data
SURNAME Nason, Geraldine Byrne
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Irish diplomat and UN official
DATE OF BIRTH 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Ireland