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David Hannay

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(diplomat)
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Born28 September 1935
NationalityUK
Alma materWinchester College, New College (Oxford)
Member ofCentre for European Reform, Ditchley/Governors, Ditchley/UK, European Leadership Network

David Hugh Alexander Hannay, Baron Hannay of Chiswick GCMG CH is a UK diplomat who attended the 1995 and 1998 Bilderberg meetings.

Education

Hannay was born in London and educated at Craigflower Preparatory School, Winchester College and New College, Oxford.[1]

Career

He entered the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1959, and was initially posted to positions in Tehran and Kabul.

Starting in 1965 and continuing into the early 1970s, he was a representative of the British government in discussions which led to the United Kingdom's entry into the European Economic Community in 1973.[1]

He held various positions at the Foreign Office in London during the 1970s and 1980s. He was a minister at the British Embassy in Washington, DC, in 1984–1985, and was then promoted to ambassador and permanent representative to the European Economic Community from 1985 to 1990. After that posting he spent the next five years as ambassador and permanent representative to the United Nations.[1]

Whilst in his role as ambassador to the UN in 1994, Hannay was one of several who objected to the use of the term "genocide" in a UN Security Council draft resolution on the killings in Rwanda. The term was removed from the final resolution thus delaying UN action to prevent further bloodshed.

Hannay took on specialised roles such as United Nations Special Representative for Cyprus between 1996 and 2003 and was a member of the UN High Level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change, reporting to the Secretary-General in December 2004.[1]


 

Events Participated in

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
Bilderberg/19958 June 199511 June 1995Greece
Nafsika Astir Palace Hotel
Vouliagmeni
The 43rd Bilderberg. Held at the Burgenstock Hotel in Burgenstock, Switzerland.
Bilderberg/199814 May 199817 May 1998Scotland
Turnberry
The 46th Bilderberg meeting, held in Scotland, chaired by Peter Carrington
Munich Security Conference/20114 February 20116 February 2011Germany
Munich
Bavaria
The 47th Munich Security Conference
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