Anne Barrington

Anne Barrington (born 8 April 1953)^[2] is an Irish diplomat.^[3] She served as Irish ambassador to Japan^[4] and represented the Government of Ireland as a Special Envoy to the United Nations as part of Ireland's successful bid to join the UN Security Council for 2021 and 2022.^[5]

Career

Barrington served as an Ambassador in Tanzania,^[6] Kenya and Burundi.^[1]^[6] She was Ambassador in Japan during the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the countries in 2016.^[7]^[4] She was a Joint-Secretary to the North/South Ministerial Council, a body set-up by the Good Friday Agreement.^[8]In 2022, Barrington chaired the shared island research unit in the Department of the Taoiseach.^[9]

^ a b "Envoy a senior inour Iveagh league". Irish Mail. 25 September 2016 – via Pressreader.com.
^ "Ambassador Barrington - Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade". DFA.ie.
^ O'Brien, Ann Marie (2019). "A Century of Change: The (In)visibility of Women in the Irish Foreign Service, 1919–2019". Irish Studies in International Affairs. 30 (30): 73–92. doi:10.1353/isia.2019.0009.
^ a b "Report of Group Established to Review the Role and Appointment of Special Envoys" (PDF). 18 October 2021 – via Gov.ie.
^ "Anne Barrington - Trinity Centre for Asian Studies - Trinity College Dublin". TCD.ie.
^ a b JOINT COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Sub-Committee on Overseas Development) díospóireacht - Thursday, 28 Jan 2010 (Speech). Oireachtas.ie. 28 January 2010.
^ "Celebrating 60 Years Ireland - Japan Diplomatic Relations" (PDF). Institute of International and European Affairs. January 2017.
^ "Governance Board - CÚRAM". NUIGalway.ie.
^ "Shared Island unit and ESRI set out new research areas for 2022". Gov.ie. 17 May 2022.