Néstor Osorio Londoño

Who is Néstor Osorio Londoño?

HE MR Néstor Osorio Londoño Became Ambassador to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in February 2014, previously was the 27th Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations. An administrative lawyer, he has also served as 1st Permanent Representative of Colombia to the World Trade Organization in Geneva from 1995 to 1999, and as 4th 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 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.

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