Néstor Osorio Londoño

Néstor Osorio Londoño

Osorio Londoño at the Global Youth Summit in 2013
Ambassador to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Assumed office
10 February 2014
President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón
Preceded by Mauricio Rodríguez Múnera
4th Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations
Assumed office
22 November 2010
Preceded by Claudia Blum Capurro
1st Executive Director of the International Coffee Organization
In office
1 March 2002  1 November 2010
Preceded by Celsius A Lodder
Succeeded by José Sette
List of diplomatic missions of Colombia|Permanent Representative of Colombia to the World Trade Organization
In office
1995–1999
President Ernesto Samper Pizano (1995-1998)
Andrés Pastrana Arango (1998-1999)
Preceded by Office created
Succeeded by Hernando José Gómez
Permanent Representative of Colombia to the International Coffee Organization
In office
1982–1994
President Belisario Betancur Cuartas (1982-1986)
Virgilio Barco Vargas (1986-1990)
César Gaviria Trujillo (1990-1994)
Ernesto Samper Pizano (1994)
Personal details
Nationality Colombian
Alma mater Our Lady of the Rosary University (PhD)
Panthéon-Assas University (PhD)
Profession Lawyer
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Osorio and the second or maternal family name is Londoño.

HE MR Néstor Osorio Londoño is a Colombian diplomat. He became Colombia's Ambassador to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in February 2014. He was the 27th Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations.

After a career as an administrative lawyer, he served as 1st Permanent Representative of Colombia to the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva from 1995 to 1999. He was the fourth Executive Director of the International Coffee Organization from 2002 to 2010, where he had represented Colombia since 1978 when he was named Alternate Delegate and later becoming head of mission and Permanent Representative until 1994. After leaving the WTO, he worked for the Colombian Government as High Advisor for Coffee Policy from September 2000 until his election as Executive Director of the ICO.[1][2][3]

In November 2010, Osorio became Colombia's Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York. During April 2011, Colombia held the rotating presidency of the UN Security Council, and Osorio was the Council's president.

References

  1. "Nestor Osorio Londono". Latin Trade. Miami: Freedom Communications. 4 (3-11): 38. ISSN 1087-0857. OCLC 34173133. Retrieved 2010-12-26.
  2. "Misión Permanente de Colombia ante OMC" [Permanent Mission of Colombia to the WTO] (in Spanish). Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism. 2008-09-08. Retrieved 2010-12-26.
  3. "HE Mr Nestor Osorio". Permanent Mission of Colombia to the United Nations. 2010-11-03. Retrieved 2010-12-26.
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