Željko Jerkić

Jerkić was born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina to a Croat family.

He is the uncle of Ivan Barbalić, a Permanent Representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina at the United Nations Organization.

Jerkić also held positions of a Permanent Delegate of Bosnia and Herzegovina at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and of the chargé d'affaires a.i.

Jerkić started his diplomatic career in 1983 as an attaché in the Permanent Mission of SFR Yugoslavia at the United Nations Office at Geneva (Switzerland).

Jerkić was also a participant at numerous conferences, for instance in the International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River.

Jerkić (speaking), at the Conference on Facilitating the Entry into Force of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty , New York , 23 September 2011.