Sir Jeremy Greenstock GCMG (born 27 July 1943), is a retired British diplomat from 1969-2004.
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Educated at Harrow and Worcester College, Oxford.
Joining the Foreign and Commonwealth Office straight from university in 1969, he served in Washington DC, Paris, Dubai and Saudi Arabia.
Greenstock was the United Kingdom Ambassador to the United Nations for five years, from 1998[1] to July 2003[2] where he attended over 150 meetings of the United Nations Security Council. From October 2001 to April 2003, he was Chairman of the Security Council's Counter-Terrorism Committee.[3]
In 2003 he acted as the head of a Security Council mission to West Africa to assess the UN activities there, including the work of UNAMSIL. [4]
In September 2003, Greenstock was appointed the UK's Special Representative for Iraq, where he worked alongside Paul Bremer within the Coalition Provisional Authority.
Greenstock left his position in Baghdad in late March 2004, on a timing agreed with the UK government.
Greenstock wrote a book about his role in the Iraq war that was expected to be released in the Autumn of 2005, but was withdrawn from publication at the request of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Greenstock appeared on the Charlie Rose talk show on May 14, 2008 and explained some of the contents of his book. During the interview he stated categorically that British and American leaders had known since 1998 that Iraq under Saddam Hussein had no nuclear weapon capabilities or programs.[5]
On November 27 and December 15, 2009, Greenstock gave evidence to The Iraq Inquiry regarding his time as ambassador to the United Nations.[6][7]
Greenstock is Director of the Ditchley Foundation. He is also a Special Advisor to the BP Group, a Non-Executive Director of De La Rue plc, and a Trustee of the International Rescue Committee (UK).
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| Preceded by Sir John Weston |
UK Permanent Representative to the United Nations 1998–2003 |
Succeeded by Sir Emyr Jones Parry |
   | No 10 blocks envoy's book on Iraq - No 10 blocks envoy's book on Iraq | Politics | The Observer |
| | Ex-Blair envoy gives Iraq warning - BBC NEWS | UK | UK Politics | Ex-Blair envoy gives Iraq warning |
| | Greenstock statement in full - BBC NEWS | UK | Politics | Greenstock statement in full |
| | FO accused of censoring insider book on Iraq war - FO accused of censoring insider book on Iraq war | Politics | The Guardian |
| | Iraq 2004: What went wrong - BBC NEWS | Middle East | Iraq 2004: What went wrong |
| | Coalition 'misanalysed' Iraq mood - BBC NEWS | Middle East | Coalition 'misanalysed' Iraq mood |
| | No 10 blocks envoy's book on Iraq - No 10 blocks envoy's book on Iraq | Politics | The Observer |
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