Birthday Honours 2017
Stephen O’brien KBE
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE)
“For services to the United Nations and humanitarian affairs.”
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Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE)
For services to the United Nations and humanitarian affairs.
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Order of the British Empire
DIPLOMATIC SERVICE AND OVERSEAS LIST Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
17 June 2017
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of Her Majesty’s Birthday, to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire:
K.B.E.
To be an Ordinary Knight Commander of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
The Right Honourable Stephen Rothwell O’BRIEN
United Nations Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator
For services to the United Nations and humanitarian affairs.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 61961 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2017
London Gazette (official record), issue 61961, notice 2804967. View the official notice ↗
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Published 17 June 2017.
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