Andrew Gilmour CMG is a British Diplomat and Human rights advocate. Known for his extensive career within the United Nations. Gilmour pursued Master’s degrees from Oxford University in History and also the London School of Economics in History and Government. His professional career began in the British Diplomatic Service where he later transitioned to the United Nations in 1989 serving various roles over several decades. He held the position as Director for Political, Peacekeeping, Humanitarian and Human Rights affairs in the Executive Office of the Secretary General in 2012. And in 2016-2019 was designated as Assistant Secretary-General for Human rights heading the OHCHR’s Office in New York. In recent years he has served as Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Iraq, and in South Sudan and was the Representative of the Secretary-General in Belgrade. Since retiring from his position at the United Nations he is now the Executive Director of the Berghof Foundation. Gilmour has authored numerous articles and reports throughout his career which have featured in the New York Times, Financial Times and many others. His most recent publication “The Burning Question: Climate and Conflict- why does it matter?” which was released in March of 2024.

Events participated in:

Innovating War and Peace: Join Eldridge Adolfo, senior mediation advisor to FBA, as he talks to Martin-Griffiths, former Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs about the need for enhanced humanitarian diplomacy, Andrew Gilmour former Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, about his book The Burning Questionon climate and conflict, and Dr. Houda Abadi, co-author of a new guide on Islamic peacemaking principles, as they explore how to innovate peace in an increasingly fractured world. (2024)

After Chilcot: What Next for British Diplomacy: Join veteran UN diplomats Sir Kieran Prendergast and Andrew Gilmour as they discuss the soft and hard power options for international diplomacy in the wake of the Chilcot Inquiry. Magnus Linklater asks the questions. (2016)

The Rule of Law: What is Means and How to Spread It: Meet Sir Jeffrey Jowell QC of the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law, the UN’s Andrew Gilmour, and David Marshall, editor of an explosive new book on the rule of law movement, as they discuss what the rule of law means for today’s international policymakers. (2014)

How Do International Institutions Make Peace?: The International Crisis Group’s Joost Hiltermann, the UN’s Andrew Gilmour, the Centre of Humanitarian Dialogue’s David Gorman and Beyond Conflict’s Tim Phillips spill the beans aboutthe realities of trying to make peace in an ever-fracturing world. Sir Kieran Prendergast asks the questions. (2014)