Hugo Palma | Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru (original) (raw)

Hugo E. Palma Valderrama
Av. Juan Pezet 1165 Lima 27 PE
Tel: (51-1) 4427633 (51) 998279777
Email: coperi@coperi.org hpalmav@yahoo.com

Experience

 Peruvian Career Diplomat

2006-08 Ambassador to Japan
2002 Ambassador to Italy, FAO and other International Organizations in Rome
1997-98 Vice-Minister and Secretary General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1995-97 Ambassador to Ecuador
1991 Vice-Minister and Secretary General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1991-95 Ambassador to France and Permanent Representative to UNESCO: 1991-95
1986-90 Ambassador to Brazil, Guyana and Suriname
1980-82…………Ambassador to Yugoslavia
1975-80 Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations, New York
• Director of the Diplomatic Academy; Director of Political and Diplomatic Affairs. Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Lima
• Head and member of numerous delegations to international conferences and committees, including, among many others:
- General coordinator for the negotiations Peru-Ecuador on border demarcation and for a comprehensive and final agreement on various aspects of the relation
- Head of delegation to the General Assembly of the United Nations, XI Extraordinary Period
- Head of delegation to several UNESCO General Conferences
- Head of delegation to NOAL summit Durban 1998
- Member of the delegation to the United Nations General Assembly sessions of 1975-80 and 1982, 1983 and 1985

ACADEMIC

Education
• Bachelor in Law. Lawyer. Catholic University, Lima, Peru
• Bachelor in International Relations. Career Diplomat. Diplomatic Academy of Peru
• Post-graduate studies at Oxford, Brussels, Washington and Paris

Teaching
• Professor of International Law, Diplomatic and Consular Law, International Organizations and International Relations at various universities and the Diplomatic Academy of Peru
• Guest speaker and participant to nearly fifty academic events in many countries
• National Award for Research in International Relations, 1988
• Distinguished ex Student Universidad Católica del Perú 2011

Other Activities
• Executive President of the Peruvian Council for International Relations (COPERI)
• President of the Program for Joint Studies of International Relations in Latin America (RIAL)
• Expert on the United Nations Study Groups on Confidence Building Measures, International Security and Education for Disarmament
• Member of the Peruvian Society of International Law
• President of the Alliance Française de Lima 2000-2002

PUBLICATIONS
Books:
• “America Latina, Limitación de Armamentos y Desarme”; 1986
• “El Sistema Internacional en sus Textos”; 1990
• “Confianza, Desarme y Relaciones Internacionales”, 1991
• “Seguridad, Desarme y Cooperación Internacional”, 1992
• “Defensa y Fuerzas Armadas” (con el Embajador Alejandro San Martín), 2002
• “Seguridad; alcances y desafíos” 2007
• El Perú en el Escenario Mundial 2011
• Paz, Seguridad y Desarrollo en América Latina 2013
• Also published many essays and articles on international relations, security, disarmament, international law and other subjects in specialized publications in Peru and abroad.

AWARDS
• Gran Cruz, Orden del Sol, Perú
• Grand Officier, Ordre National du Merite, France
• Gran Cruz, Cruzeiro do Sul, Brazil
• Comendador, Orden de Rio Branco, Brazil
• Comendador, Orden de Mayo, Argentina
• Comendador, Orden del Aguila Azteca, México
• Order of the Flag, Yugoslavia
• Order of Diplomatic Merit, Republic of Korea

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• Languages: Fluent in Spanish, English, French, Portuguese
• Enjoys reading and classical music

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