Peter Gooderham

Peter Olaf Gooderham CMG (born 29 July 1954) is a British diplomat, currently serving as International Director at the Ministry of Justice.

He completed a BA in Politics and Economics at Newcastle University in 1975. After a brief period of working as a management trainee, Gooderham spent the period 1976–78 completing a PhD in Modern History at Bristol University. From 2004–07 he was the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's Director of the Middle East and North Africa Directorate, based in London. In that role he provided information to the House of Commons Select Committee on International Development on the work of the Quartet on the Middle East and Hamas.[1]

Gooderham was the United Kingdom's Permanent Representative to the United Nations and other international organisations at Geneva 2008–12. He attracted news attention for walking out, with delegates from at least 30 countries, in protest at Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's speech during the 2009 Durban Review Conference.[2]

References

  1. ↑ House of Commons Select Committee on International Development, Minutes of Evidence, 24 October 2006
  2. ↑ Walkout at Iran leader's speech, BBC News, 20 April 2009
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