Actividades

Sesión Académica organizada por el Comité de Asuntos Africanos del CARI.

Modalidad: virtual (vía Zoom), en español.

Palabras de apertura

Francisco de Santibañes — Presidente del CARI.

Presentación

José Néstor Ureta — Consejero y Director del Comité de Asuntos Africanos del CARI.

Exposición

Virginia Gamba – Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict at the Under-Secretary-General level in April 2017. She served most recently as Assistant Secretary General, Head of the Joint Investigative Mechanism Syria (SC Res 2235 and 2319), and previously as Deputy to the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs and Director of the Office for Disarmament Affairs. She also served as Director to the Disarmament and Conflict Resolution Programme at the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research in Geneva (1992-1996). Served as Deputy Director and Senior Coordinator on Safety and Security at the Instituto Superior de Seguridad Pública, Ministry of Justice, Government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (2007-2011). She was based in Africa serving inter-alia as peace and security consultant to the African Union, Deputy Director of the Institute for Security Studies in South Africa and Director for South-South Interactions of Safer Africa (1996-2006). She was also the Senior Program Officer for Arms Control, Disarmament and Demobilization at the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation in Chicago (1991-1993). Prior, she was an academic and a senior lecturer at the Latin American Security Studies, Department of War Studies, King's College, London (1986-1991). She was an advisor to the Argentine Ministry of Defense on Civil Military Relations and Transformation of the Military under Democracy (1983-1985). Holds an MSc (Econ) in Strategic Studies, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth and a B.A. (Hons) in Spanish and Latin American Studies, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom. 

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Palabras de cierre

José Néstor Ureta — Consejero y Director del Comité de Asuntos Africanos del CARI.