Leslie E. Norton

Leslie E. Norton is the Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations and the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva, Switzerland having presented her credentials on October 9, 2019.

Life Norton earned a master's degree in international relations from Laval University (1992); a bachelor's degree in English and French literature from the University of Western Ontario (1988); and a diploma in civilization and literature from Aix-Marseille III University (1985). which she did until August 2019 when she became the Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations and the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva.

In June 2021 she presented a plea to the United Nations Human Rights Council for China to be open about the state of Uyghur Muslims living in the north west of China. It was signed by the representatives of over forty nations including the United States.