Néstor Osorio Londoño

He has been President of both the United Nations Security Council and the United Nations Economic and Social Council.

Néstor Osorio Londoño
Osorio Londoño at the Global Youth Summit in 2013
Colombia Ambassador to the United Kingdom
In office February 2014 – Unknown
Monarch	Elizabeth II
President	Juan Manuel Santos
Preceded by	Mauricio Rodríguez Múnera
Succeeded by	Antonio Jose Ardila Gaviria
Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations
In office 22 November 2010 – February 2014
President	Juan Manuel Santos
Preceded by	Claudia Blum Capurro
Succeeded by	María Emma Mejía Vélez
Executive Director of the International Coffee Organization
In office 1 March 2002 – 1 November 2010
Preceded by	Celsius A Lodder
Succeeded by	José Sette
Permanent Representative of Colombia to the World Trade Organization
In office 1995–1999
President	Ernesto Samper Pizano (1995-1998) Andrés Pastrana Arango (1998-1999)
Preceded by	Office created
Succeeded by	Hernando José Gómez
Permanent Representative of Colombia to the International Coffee Organization
In office 1982–1994
President	Belisario Betancur Cuartas (1982-1986) Virgilio Barco Vargas (1986-1990) César Gaviria Trujillo (1990-1994) Ernesto Samper Pizano (1994)
Personal details
Born	(1974-08-07) August 7, 1974 (age 49) Bogotá, Colombia
Alma mater	Our Lady of the Rosary University (PhD) Panthéon-Assas University (PhD)
Profession	Lawyer

After a career as an administrative lawyer, he served as the first Permanent Representative of Colombia to the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva, from 1995 to 1999. He was Executive Director of the International Coffee Organization 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 UN Security Council, and Osorio was the Council's president. In 2013, he was president of the United Nations Economic and Social Council. In 2014 he became ambassador to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.