H.E. Walton Websob

Ambassador to the United Nations for the island nation of Antigua and Barbuda.

H. E. Dr Walton Aubrey Webson, is Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative of Antigua and Barbuda to the United Nations 2014 to present. Dr Webson worked for several international organizations including Sight Savers International (UK) Helen Keller International (New York) the Caribbean Council for the blind (Antigua Barbuda) and he was the CEO of Perkins International from 2011 to 2014. He has written on NGO development, the structure and operation of Nonprofit Boards and the management of organizations. He has recently published on Eye health and the SDGS in the lead public health journal. Ambassador Webson served as Chair of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) He served as the president of the board of UNDP, UNFPA and UNOPS (2020) and as the Vice President in 2019 taking over leadership from September 2019. He also served as the president of the board of UNICEF (2017). Leading the United Nation agencies on two field visits to Asia and Eastern Europe. Ambassador Webson also served for two terms on the board of The International Centre of Non-profit Law and left the board (term limit) at the end of 2020.