Interview with Chris Sharrock, Vice President UN Affairs Office, Microsoft | Women in Diplomacy and International Relations
Watch my interview with Chris Sharrock, Vice President UN Affairs and International Organizations at Microsoft on their engagement with the upcoming LDCs Conference
Interview with Chris Sharrock, Vice President UN Affairs Office, Microsoft
We interviewed Chris Sharrock, Vice President UN Affairs Office at Microsoft, on their participation at the General Assembly, the meetings with the President of the General Assembly and ECOSOC, and what they have planned for the Least Developed Countries Conference that will take place in Doha, Qatar.
“We know that there is a real opportunity for organizations and governments to use digital technology responsibly to do more with less, and to make more effective and accountable use of scarce resources while building a more resilient foundation for the future. Microsoft looks forward to contributing to Secretary-General Guterres’ “booster shot for the Sustainable Development Goals” as mentioned in the UN’s Our Common Agenda talks and working with the UN and other international organizations to continue building a resilient foundation for realizing the SDGs and for continuing the realization of pledges into progress.” Chris Sharrock, VP UN Affairs
Chris Sharrock is Vice President UN Affairs and International Organizations at Microsoft, based in Paris. Prior to that he led work to establish a Data Science strategy at HM Treasury in the UK, and spent five years as the UK’s Permanent Representative and Dean of the Ambassadors at the OECD and IEA, in Paris.
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