Andrew Gilmour (UN official)

Andrew Gilmour
CMG
UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights
In office
2016-2019
Appointed byBan Ki-moon
UN Director for Political, Peacekeeping, Humanitarian and Human Rights
In office
2012-2016
Personal details
BornMarch 1964 (1964-03) (age 60)
SpouseEmma Williams
Parent
RelativesOliver Gilmour (brother)
David Gilmour (brother)
Walter Montagu-Douglas-Scott (grandfather)
EducationBalliol 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.[1][2] 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.[3]

An environmentalist since joining the WWF at the age of 10,[4] he has published articles on the links between climate change, environmental degradation, human rights and conflict for Bloomberg[5] and Frankfurter Allgememeine Zeitung.[6]

  1. ^ "Andrew Gilmour appointed new Executive Director of the Berghof Foundation". Berghof Foundation. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
  2. ^ "Climate change and conflict must be tackled together, argues a foundation head". The Economist. ISSN 0013-0613. Retrieved 2024-07-10.
  3. ^ "OHCHR | Andrew Gilmour". www.ohchr.org. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
  4. ^ "'Climate change is going to bring the worst human rights violations of all time' - interview with Andrew Gilmour". 24 February 2020.
  5. ^ "Preventing Climate Change is a Human Rights Issue". Bloomberg. 2 February 2020.
  6. ^ Gilmour, Andrew; Edenhofer, Ottmar (12 August 2021). "Die Wissenschaftsgemeinden müssen Grenzen überschreiten - Bild 2 von 5". Faz.net.