Frances Collins (diplomat)

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Frances Collins is an Irish diplomat and is the Ambassador of Ireland to the Holy See, the second woman to hold the position. [1]

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Early life and education

She attended the University of Limerick and earned a Bachelor of Arts in History, Politics and Social Studies in 2003 and Masters of Arts in European Integration the following year. [2] [3]

Career

Collins is a career diplomat who joined Ireland’s Department of Foreign Affairs in 2008. She started her career in the Development Cooperation and Africa Division of the Department of Foreign Affairs more commonly known as Irish Aid, serving in the Public Information and Development Education Unit and later in the Humanitarian Unit as Desk Officer for West, Central and East Africa. She served from 2014 to 2017 as Second Secretary in the Embassy of Ireland to Uganda. From 2017 to 2019, she served as Deputy Head of Mission and Head of Political Section with the Delegation of the European Union to South Sudan. [2] [4]

Returning to the Department of Foreign Affairs in 2019, she served as Deputy Director of the Disarmament and Non Proliferation Section with responsibility for Nuclear Weapons, Missiles and Space. [5] She led on Ireland’s preparations for the Tenth Nuclear Non Proliferation (NPT) Review Conference, which took place in August 2022 and was a member of Ireland’s delegation to the First Meeting of State Parties on the Treaty on Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) in June that same year. She was a member of Ireland’s delegation to the United Nations General Assembly First Committee on Disarmament and International Security in 2019. [2]

She presented her Letters of Credence to Pope Francis on 28 November 2022. [2] [4] In a 2024 interview Collins underlined the joint collaboration between the Holy See and Ireland on multilateralism and nuclear non-proliferation. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "History of the Embassy - Department of Foreign Affairs". www.dfa.ie. Retrieved 2023-01-04.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "New Irish ambassador to the Holy See presents credentials to Pope". Vatican News. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
  3. ↑ "AHSS Alumna Appointed as Ambassador to the Holy See". University of Limerick. 2022-01-06. Retrieved 2023-01-04.
  4. 1 2 Walsh, Oisín (2022-11-29). "New Irish ambassador to the Holy See presents credentials to Pope". Catholic News. Retrieved 2023-01-04.
  5. ↑ "December - Government approves the nomination of 22 Ambassadorial and senior-level international appointments - Department of Foreign Affairs". www.dfa.ie. Retrieved 2023-01-04.
  6. ↑ Irish envoy lauds collab with Vatican on foreign policy, humanitarian aid
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