Permanent Mission of Iceland to the Council of Europe
Address:
25 Rue Trubner
67000 Strasbourg Grand Est.
Phone: +33 (0) 3 88 31 78 31
Email: [email protected]
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About the Representation
| Name | Job title | |
|---|---|---|
| Cécile Chevalier Laignel | Officer | [email protected] |
| Gréta Gunnarsdóttir | Permanent Representative | [email protected] |
Ambassador
Gréta Gunnarsdóttir
Professional background
2025 Permanent Representative of Iceland to the Council of Europe
2020-2025 Director of UNRWA Representative office in New York
2017-2019 Head of the Director’s Office/Senior Political Adviser, Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Warsaw
2016-2017 Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Iceland to the OSCE, UNOV and other International Organizations in Vienna, Ambassador to Austria, Vienna
2015-2016 Ambassador for Human Rights, Ministry for Foreign Affairs (MFA), Reykjavik 2011-2015 Permanent Representative of Iceland to the United Nations, New York
2007-2011 Director General for International and Security Affairs, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Reykjavik
2006-2007 Head, Advisory Commission Secretariat, UNRWA, East Jerusalem 2005-2006 Chief, Policy Analysis Unit, UNRWA, East Jerusalem
2004-2005 Deputy Head of Mission, Icelandic Mission to the European Union, Brussels
2000-2004 Deputy Permanent Representative of Iceland to the United Nations, New York 1997-2000 Counsellor/Minister Counsellor, Political Department, MFA, Reykjavik
1994-1997 Officer, Political Department, NATO, Brussels
1991-1994 First Secretary, Icelandic Mission to the European Union, Brussels
1989-1991 First Secretary, Trade Department, MFA, Reykjavik
1988-1989 First Secretary, Political Department, MFA, Reykjavik
Professional and other activities
Vice President of the United Nations General Assembly 2014
Co-facilitator of the Intergovernmental Review Process of the Human Rights Treaty Bodies 2012 - 2014, concluded in United Nations General Assembly Resolution 68/268
Co-initiator of the Barbershop Conference at the United Nations designed to engage men for gender equality, 2015
Member of the Nordic Women´s Mediation Network since 2015
Founder of an NGO to prevent racism and religious intolerance in Iceland, 1998
Co-founder of the National Committee of UNIFEM (now UN WOMEN) in Iceland, 1989
Education
LLM International Legal Studies, New York University, 1988
Cand. Juris, Law Faculty, University of Iceland, 1986