Diane Corner
Diane Corner (born 29 September 1959) is a former British diplomat who is deputy head of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA).[1]
Career
Diane Louise Corner was educated at Winchester County High School for Girls, Peter Symonds College and the University of Bristol. She holds degrees in both French and Politics. She joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in 1982 and served at Kuala Lumpur, Berlin, Harare and in the Cabinet Office on secondment, as well as in the FCO. In 2000 she completed the Senior Course at the NATO Defence College in Rome. She was acting High Commmissioner to Sierra Leone 2008–09, High Commissioner to Tanzania 2009–13 and Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo and Republic of Congo 2013–14.[2] She was appointed to her present post in July 2014 by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon as his Deputy Special Representative.[3] which she left in June 2017. [4]
References
- ^ "Secretary-General appoints Diane Corner of United Kingdom Deputy Special Representative For MINUSCA". un.org. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
- ^ Corner, Diane Louise, Who's Who 2015, A & C Black, 2015; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014
- ^ "Secretary-General Appoints Diane Corner of United Kingdom Deputy Special Representative for MINUSCA | Meetings Coverage and Press Releases". www.un.org. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
- ^ "Leadership". MINUSCA. 22 April 2015. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
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