Catherine Boura

Catherine Boura (Greek: Αικατερίνη Μπούρα, Aikaterini Boura) is a Greek diplomat who has served as the country's Permanent Representative to the United Nations since 2015.

Early life and education

Boura was born in Athens.[1] She has a bachelor's degree in literature from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, a master's degree in history from the School of Slavonic and East European Studies and a PhD in history from London University.[2][3][4]

Career

Boura joined the diplomatic services in 1983, working for the Department of European Union Common Foreign and Security Policy and then the Policy Planning and Early Warning Unit of the Council of the European Union in Brussels from 1999 until 2002. From 2004 until 2007 she was Greece's Consul General in New York.[1][4]

Boura worked in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as Director of the Department for European Countries from 2008 to 2009 and Chief of Protocol from 2009 until 2011.[1] She was ambassador to Lebanon from 2011 until 2015.[2][1] She was appointed as Permanent Representative of Greece to the United Nations on 10 March 2015.[1] In December 2015, she introduced a resolution entitled "Return or Restitution of Cultural Property to the Countries of Origin".[5]

Publications
  • Boura, Catherine (1999). "The Greek Millet in Turkish Politics: Greeks in the Ottoman Parliament (1908–1918)". In Charles Issawi; Dimitri Gondicas (eds.). Ottoman Greeks in the Age of Nationalism: Politics, Economy and Society in the Nineteenth Century. Darwin Press. ISBN 9780878500963.
  • Bouras, Catherine (13 October 2015). "Women, Peace and Security" (PDF). UN Security Council.

Awards and honours
  • James Jay Dudley Luce Foundation Global Citizenship Award, 2016[6]

References
  1. "New Permanent Representative of Greece Presents Credentials". United Nations. 10 March 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  2. "Her Excellency Catherine Boura". The Washington Diplomat.
  3. Scaros, Constantinos E. (15 March 2015). "Greece's UN Rep Catherine Boura". The National Herald. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  4. Tsounis, Catherine (3 December 2007). "Farewell to a Diplomat: Dr. Catherine Boura". Greek News. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  5. Logothetis, Georgia (18 December 2015). "The Parthenon Marbles & the UN resolution on return of stolen artifacts". Hellenic American Leadership Council. Archived from the original on 9 September 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  6. "From Leadership to Happiness, Lions Roaring Loudly in New York". The Stewardship Report. 14 March 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.