Amb. James Ndirangu Waweru, EBS, is the Deputy Permanent Representative, at the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Kenya to the United Nations Office in Geneva. He is the immediate former Registrar of Treaties, Office of Registrar of Treaties in the Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs. An Advocate of the High Court of Kenya, and Certified Secretary, Amb. Waweru received an LL. B from Nagpur University, India, (1999), and an LL.M from Warwick University, United Kingdom, (2002), specializing in International Economic Law.
Amb. Waweru, was Legal Advisor at the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Kenya to the United Nations, New York, USA, (2013 – 2018). He has also served as a member of the Finance Committee of the International Seabed Authority, Kingston, Jamaica, representing the African Region. Previously, Amb. Waweru served as a Deputy Chief State Counsel in the Office of the Attorney General and Department of Justice, until his secondment to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2012. In the past 20 years, he has worked in the private and public legal sectors drafting, negotiating, vetting, and interpreting Treaties, Agreements, issuing advisory opinions on matters related to treaty law, maritime and aviation law, amongst others.
Amb. Waweru was appointed as an Ambassador in October, 2020 and has been honoured for his service by the His Excellency the President of the Republic of Kenya with the conferment of the national awards of the Order of the Grand Warrior of Kenya (OGW) in 2019, Moran of the Burning Spear (MBS) in 2022 and Elder of the Burning Spear (EBS) in 2023.
Participation
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