Global Roundtables
Friday, May 30th, 2014 at 11:00 AM (EST)
H.E. Ambassador Ruiz Diaz
Permanent Representative of Paraguay to the Organization of American States
About H.E Ambassador Ruiz Diaz
Ambassador Ruiz Diaz began her longstanding and exceptional political career in 1992, when she became a member of the National Constituent Convention of Paraguay, which approved and enacted the country’s 1992 political constitution. In 1998, she was appointed the Chief of Staff for the Vice-President of Paraguay, and transitioned to become the Assistant Minister of Communications for the President of Paraguay in 1999. Finally, in the year 2000 she was sworn in as the Permanent Representative of Paraguay to the OAS, a position she continues to occupy today.
About this Roundtable
Topic: At the end of May, the next edition of the GFDD Global Roundtables will host Ambassador Ruiz Diaz Bareiro, the Permanent Representative of Paraguay to the Organization of American States (OAS). Ambassador Ruiz Diaz, who has over 22 years’ experience as a career diplomat, will sit down with GFDD’s Executive Director, Ms. Natasha Despotovic, to provide some insight on the importance of poverty eradication within the post-2015 development agenda. Touching upon the development challenges of the Americas and of her native country Paraguay, Ambassador Diaz will also comment on her expectations for the next OAS General Assembly which will take place in her country on June 3-5 2014.
Location: GFDD, 1629 K st. NW Suite 1100, Washington, DC 20006
Time: 11:00 AM (EST)
Date: Friday, May 30th, 2014
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