President of the 73rd Period of "United Nations General Assembly" , 2018-2019. Ecuadorean politician, diplomat, profesor and poet, with more than twenty years of international experience in multilateral issues and international negotiations in areas of peace , security, defense, human rights, biodiversity, climate change, indigenous peoples, gender equality, youth rights, among others.
PROFILE
She has a PhD (c) in Environmental Geography from the University of Rutgers, a Master´s degree in Social Sciences and Amazon Studies and a post-graduate degree in Anthropology and Political Science from the Latinamerican Faculty of Social Sciences, FLACSO. Former Minister of Defense, Foreign Affairs and Human Mobility, Heritage and Ambassador to the UN in New York and Geneva. She has published more than 30 academic articles, and several poetry books, as well as poems in more than 20 anthologies.
Reforms of the United Nations system should be implemented and ensuring agility and effectiveness in meeting the objectives raised. This will make the UN more efficient and relevant to the most pressing needs of the planet and its inhabitants and equip it to fulfil the objectives of its constituent charter on its three pillars: peace and security, development and human rights.
UN RENEWAL
The world continues to face an environmental and climatic crisis, which is why it is essential that the implementation of the Paris Agreement be consolidated, that its programme of work be ensured. It is vital to act to ensure a more stable and safe climate for all.
ACTION FOR THE ENVIRONMENT
Integration, cooperation and the Union of peoples as a fundamental thing for peaceful coexistence and the development of nations. Priority is given to disarmament and commitments made in favour of peace and security, which are part of its permanent work agenda.
YOUTH, PEACE
& SECURITY
Gender equality is a priority in its agenda. One cannot think of sustainable development and the construction of peaceful societies if one leaves out half of the population that are women.
GENDER EQUALITY
The UN is the strongest and most universal tool of multilateralism. The main human rights instruments have been born from their bosom, to defend and protect the rights of migrants and refugees, to banish xenophobia and to implement inclusion policies for these people who are in a state of vulnerability.
MIGRANTS AND REFUGEES
Highlighting the future of work by celebrating efforts to provide decent and meaningful employment opportunities for youth, women, and the unemployed.
DECENT WORK
With more than twenty years working for non-profit organizations, they have been able to focus their work on defending the rights of children, of people with disabilities; of gender-based violence, to protect all people from racial discrimination; of torture; of enforced disappearance.
VULNERABLE PEOPLE
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