Christopher Fitzherbert Hackett was the Permanent Representative for
Barbados to the
United Nations. He presented his credentials to the
Secretary-General of the United Nations on 12 March 2004. During the 58th
United Nations General Assembly, Hackett was a Senior Adviser to the
President,
Julian R. Hunte.
Hackett was educated at the
University of the West Indies
The University of the West Indies (UWI), originally University College of the West Indies, is a public university system established to serve the higher education needs of the residents of 17 English-speaking countries and territories in th ...
in
Jamaica,
Carleton University in
Ottawa
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, Ontario, Canada (masters), and
New York University (PhD in public administration). After serving briefly in the Barbados Ministry of External Affairs and as Second Minister in Barbados' mission at the UN in 1969–70, he was employed at the UN in various capacities until 2004, with his last post being Chief of the Caribbean Division, Regional Bureau for Latin America and the
Caribbean, of the
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
External links
58th General Assembly cabinetparticipant bio of Hackett at UN
Living people
University of the West Indies alumni
Carleton University alumni
Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service alumni
Permanent Representatives of Barbados to the United Nations
Year of birth missing (living people)
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