Valerie Amos, Baroness Amos Quotes

United Kingdom, Politician
March 13, 1954

Valerie Ann Amos, Baroness Amos, CH, PC (born 13 March 1954) is a British politician and diplomat who served as the eighth UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator. Before her appointment to the UN, she served as British High Commissioner to Australia. She was created a Labour Life Peer in 1997, becoming Leader of the House of Lords and Lord President of the Council.

Also known as Diplomat

The government and the opposition need to think about their people, if they actually went out and saw the conditions in which their people are living, it might actually mean that they would pause and think again about the importance of peace.

Valerie Amos, Baroness Amos
- People
- Peace
It is good to see two women from Britain's minority ethnic communities fighting in seats that Labour won at the last election.

Valerie Amos, Baroness Amos
- Good
- Women
- Fighting