John N. Clarke
John N. Clarke | |
|---|---|
| Head of Mission in the Office of the Quartet | |
| Assumed office w.e.f. 17 January 2018[1] | |
| Preceded by | Kito de Boer |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 March 1972 |
| Nationality | Canadian |
John N. Clarke (born 3 March 1972) is a Senior United Nations (UN) Official currently serving as Head of Mission of the Office of the Quartet. He has previously served in a variety of humanitarian and recovery roles with the United Nations [2][3] as well as serving as a Policy Advisor to Canada’s then Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Hon. Lloyd Axworthy. He continues to publish on a variety of academic subjects and serves as the Chair of the Clarke Education Foundation which works to enable women’s higher education in the developing world by supporting a number of university scholarships.
Early life and education
Clarke is the son of Professor John Clarke, originally from Belfast, Northern Ireland and the late Vilma Nathaniel Clarke originally from Quetta, Pakistan. He was raised and educated in Ottawa, Canada and received a B.A. (Honours) in Philosophy and Politics from the University of Western Ontario (Huron College). He completed and an MPhil (Clare Hall) and PhD (Peterhouse) at Cambridge University, where he studied between 1995-1999 and later held a Post-doctoral Fellowship at Yale University.[4]
Career
Joined the Office of the Quartet in March 2016,[5] having previously served with the United Nations in different roles,[6] including Humanitarian Liaison Officer in the Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery (United Nations Development Programme) and latterly from January 2009 to February 2016 as Chief of Coordination Unit at Office of the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process.[7]
From 1999 to 2000, served as a Policy Advisor to Canada's then Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lloyd Axworthy.[7]
He completed his PhD at Peterhouse, Cambridge University and was a Post-doctoral fellow at Yale University.[7]
Publications
British Media and Rwandan Genocide (author) [8]
Bridging the Political and Global Governance Gap: A Two-step Approach to Canadian Foreign Policy, Canadian Foreign Policy, ISSN 1192-6422, Vol. 12, No. 2 (Fall 2005), 47-64
Global Governance in the Twenty-first Century (co-editor) [9]
References
- ^ Appointment of New Head of Mission
- ^ "Million hit by floods in Africa". 2007-09-17. Retrieved 2021-04-06.
- ^ "Sudanese flood victims get some relief at camp for internally displaced persons - Sudan". ReliefWeb. Retrieved 2021-04-06.
- ^ "Wallace, Hon. Nathaniel Clarke, (21 May 1844–8 Oct. 1901), MP for West York, Ontario, Canada", Who Was Who, Oxford University Press, 2007-12-01, retrieved 2021-04-06
- ^ Personnel
- ^ UN relief co-ordinator in Khartoum
- ^ a b c "John Nathaniel Clarke Head of Mission at Office of the Quartet and Chair Clarke Education Foundation". LinkedIN. Retrieved March 27, 2021.
- ^ John Nathaniel Clarke (14 September 2017). British Media and the Rwandan Genocide. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-317-38260-7.
- ^ J. Clarke; G. Edwards (8 September 2004). Global Governance in the Twenty-first Century. Palgrave Macmillan UK. ISBN 978-0-230-51869-8.
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