[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 54 (Monday, April 2, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E388]
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                         HONORING ANNE ANDERSON

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                          HON. ELIOT L. ENGEL

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, April 2, 2018

  Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Speaker, as Ranking Member on the House Foreign 
Affairs Committee, I have the pleasure of meeting many different 
Ambassadors from across the globe, and today I would like to recognize 
one who is being honored this week in Yonkers.
  Anne Anderson, the 17th Ambassador of Ireland to the United States, 
was born in Clonmel, County Tipperary in July 1952. She graduated from 
University College Dublin with a Bachelor of Arts degree, and from 
King's Inns, where she earned a Diploma in Legal Studies. Anne joined 
the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs in 1972. She was Third 
Secretary and then First Secretary in the Department's Economic 
Division from 1972 to 1976. Later, Anne moved to Geneva where she was 
First Secretary of Ireland's Permanent Mission to the United Nations 
from 1976 to 1980, including a six-month assignment in Belgrade. She 
was also First Secretary of the Political Division of the Department of 
Foreign Affairs from 1980 to 1983.
  In 1985, Anne was appointed Permanent Representative of Ireland to 
the United Nations, where she served till 2001. While there, she was 
named as chair of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights from 
1999 to 2000, the fourth woman to earn the honor. She moved on to 
Brussels to act as Permanent Representative of Ireland to the European 
Union from 2001 to 2005, where she was named Diplomat of the Year by 
European Voice. Anne was then named Ireland's Ambassador to France from 
July 2005 to 2009, then moved from Pans to New York City when she 
became Permanent Representative of Ireland to the United Nations from 
September 2009 to 2013. Anne was appointed as the first female 
Ambassador of Ireland to the United States by the Irish Government.
  Anne has had a remarkable career, and this year is being honored at 
the Annual Yonkers St. Patrick's Day Parade Dinner Dance. She is most 
deserving of this wonderful recognition and I want to congratulate her 
on receiving this honor.

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