“Go and talk to Sally Morphet: she’s forgotten more about the UN than most of us have ever known.” This instruction was frequently passed to policy makers in the corridors of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office where, for more than 30 years, Sally Morphet reigned with quiet assurance in the department drafting research for policy.
She became known for her unparalleled knowledge of the workings of the UN, producing reports that were sharp, accurate and impeccably neutral.
“Whenever I rang the FCO and the person I was talking to couldn’t help, they would say, ‘I don’t know the answer to that question — but I know the person who does’ and that person was Sally Morphet,” said Peter Willetts, emeritus professor of Global Politics at