Topic: John Sawers
Quotes
There isn't a bottomless pit of peacekeepers, so we do need to make absolutely sure we're making the best possible use of the troops that already exist in the largest peacekeeping force in the world
U.N. won't send more troops to Congo Nov 12, 2008
The members of the Security Council express serious concern at the conviction and sentencing of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and its political impact
U.N. responds to Suu Kyi's sentencing Aug 13, 2009
And we certainly hope that they will take fully into account the level of violence and intimidation that took place in the run-up to the poll (and) the impossibility of the opposition getting a fair hearing
U.N. looking at next steps on Zimbabwe Jun 30, 2008
We certainly support increasing the pressure on those in Zimbabwe who are responsible for subverting the elections and for creating a climate whereby the will of the Zimbabwean people was discarded, as it was, in Friday's election
U.N. looking at next steps on Zimbabwe Jun 30, 2008
To be frank, we didn't detect anything new in their approach
EU, Iran nuclear talks go nowhere Jan 30, 2006
Sir Robert John Sawers, KCMG (born 26 July 1955) is a British diplomat and senior civil servant. He is the current Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6). He was previously the British Permanent Representative to the United Nations from August 2007 to November 2009.
Born in Warwick, Sawers was brought up in a family of five children in Bath and educated at the City of Bath Boys' School (which became Beechen Cliff School before he left), where he still holds the 440-yard hurdles school record. He studied physics and philosophy at the University of Nottingham and spent periods at the Universities of St Andrews, Witwatersrand and Harvard. His interests include theatre, hiking and sport, especially tennis and cycling. His wife Shelley is a teacher. They have three grown-up children.
Sawers was announced as the new chief of the Secret Intelligence Service on 16 June 2009, succeeding Sir John Scarlett. He took up his new appointment in November 2009. In July 2009 his family details were removed from the social networking site Facebook following media interest in the contents.
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