Gerard van Bohemen
Gerard van Bohemen has been the Permanent Representative of New Zealand to the United Nations (UN) in New York since 2015.
Van Bohemen received degrees in English and law from Victoria University of Wellington. He worked in private law practices in Wellington and Auckland and from 2005 to 2010 was Director of the Legal Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade and New Zealand's International Legal Adviser. Prior to becoming the Permanent Representative to the UN, van Bohemen was a Deputy Secretary of the Ministry.[1] Since 2011, he has also been New Zealand's Commissioner to the International Whaling Commission.
During July 2015 and September 2016, van Bohemen was the President of the UN Security Council.[2][3]
Notes
- ^ "Foreign Affairs & Trade makes new senior appointment", mfat.govt.nz.
- ^ "Security Council Press Statement on Libya", UN Doc SC/11957-AFR/3170, 1 July 2015.
- ^ "Security Council Press Statement on Terrorist Attack against Chinese Embassy in Kyrgyzstan", UN Doc SC/12502, 1 September 2016.
References
- "New Permanent Representative of New Zealand Presents Credentials", UN Doc BIO/4726, 11 May 2015.
- Jo Moir, "New Zealand's top UN diplomat and his posh New York apartment", stuff.co.nz, 26 June 2015.