Andrew Gilmour (UN official)
Andrew Gilmour | |
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| UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights | |
| In office 2016-2019 | |
| Appointed by | Ban Ki-moon |
| UN Director for Political, Peacekeeping, Humanitarian and Human Rights | |
| In office 2012-2016 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 1964 (age 61) |
| Spouse | Emma Williams |
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| Relatives | Oliver Gilmour (brother) David Gilmour (brother) Walter Montagu-Douglas-Scott (grandfather) |
| Education | Balliol College, Oxford London School of Economics |
Andrew James Gilmour CMG (born March 1964) is CEO of the Berghof Foundation and author of The Burning Question: Climate and Conflict - Why Does It Matter. He was formerly United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, until 2019, and also served as Director for Political, Peacekeeping, Humanitarian and Human Rights affairs in the Executive Office of the Secretary-General, from 2012 to 2016.
An environmentalist since joining the WWF at the age of 10, he has published articles on the links between climate change, environmental degradation, human rights and conflict for Bloomberg and Frankfurter Allgememeine Zeitung.