Valerie Amos, Baroness Amos, Guyanese-English politician and diplomat

Valerie Ann Amos, Baroness Amos is a British Labour Party politician and diplomat who served as the eighth UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator. Before her appointment to the UN, she served as British High Commissioner to Australia. She was created a life peer in 1997, serving as Leader of the House of Lords and Lord President of the Council from 2003 to 2007.

March 13 is the 72nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 293 days remain until the end of the year.