Néstor Osorio Londoño (born 7 August 1947) is a Colombian diplomat who was the former Ambassador of

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to the

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and former

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. He has been President of both the

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and the

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. After a career as an administrative lawyer, he served as the first Permanent Representative of Colombia to the

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(WTO) in

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, from 1995 to 1999. He was Executive Director of the

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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 the 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. In March 2011, during the discussion regarding the unrest in Libya, he strongly advocated for foreign military intervention, which resulted in ousting of ruler Muammar Gaddafi, starting a civil war in the country. During April 2011, Colombia held the rotating presidency of the

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, and Osorio was the Council's president. In 2013, he was president of the

. In 2014 he became ambassador to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

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Living people Diplomats from Bogotá Del Rosario University alumni University of Paris alumni 20th-century Colombian lawyers Permanent representatives of Colombia to the United Nations Ambassadors of Colombia to the United Kingdom Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas University alumni 1974 births {{UN-stub