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Permanent Representative of the Mission of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay to the U.N. in Geneva

On May 31, 2010, the Geneva School of Diplomacy received a visit from Her Excellency, Ambassador Laura Dupuy Lasserre, Permanent Representative of the Mission of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay to the U.N. in Geneva.


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International Conference in Bern, Switzerland

Dr. Alfred de Zayas, GSD Professor of International Law and former senior UN official, was a speaker at a press conference held by the Commission for Commemorating the Armenian Genocide.


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Prof. Jamil Mahuad (Visiting Professor)


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Bachelor’s degree, Political and Social Sciences (1973)
Doctoral Degree in Law from the Catholic University of Ecuador, (1978)
Masters Degree in Public Administration from Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government, (1989).

Fellow at the Program On Negotiation, Harvard Law School, July 02-
Present.

Fellow at the Center for Public Leadership, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, January 01-Present.

Visiting Professor at the University of Saint Gallen, November-December 2004.

Fellow at the Kellogg Institute, University of Notre Dame, January 04- May 04.

Visiting Professor at the University of Notre Dame, January 04- May 04

Grant recipient from the Rockefeller Foundation Resident at Bellagio Study and Conference Center, Bellagio, Italy, November (2003)

Lecturer at Harvard University (2000-2004), MIT (2000, 2004), Yale University (2002), University of Pennsylvania (2002), Tufts University (2002), Boston University (2003), Northeastern University (2002, 2003), University of Notre Dame (2003), Emory University (2003) Georgia State University (2003), Carter Center (2003), Naval War College at Newport R.I. (2004), University of Santa Clara (San Jose, CA) (2005)

Fellow at the Institute of Politics, Harvard University, April 00-December 00.

President of Ecuador. August 98-January 00.
In October 98, Ecuador and Peru signed a Peace Treaty that finished what President Clinton defined as “the longest armed conflict in this Hemisphere”.
Presidents Mahuad and Fujimori were nominated for the 1999 Nobel Peace Price following this accomplishment.
The World Wild Fund honored President Mahuad with the “Gift to The Earth” award in 1999.

Mayor of Quito, August 92-August 98. (Two terms)
During Mr. Mahuad’s administration Fortune Magazine ranked Quito as one of the ten Latin-American cities, which mostly improved the quality of life of its inhabitants.
In his capacity as Mayor of Quito, Mr. Mahuad served as:
Vice chairman of the Ibero-American Capital Cities Association (93-97).
Vice-president of the Latin America and Caribbean Region Mayor’s Coordinating Group for the Defense of Children (94-98).
Latin America’s representative in the ICLEI (International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives) Executive Committee (96-98).

Member of the Ecuadorean National Congress, ‘86-‘88; ‘90-‘92.

Secretary of Labor, 83-84.

Mr. Mahuad has served twice as Chairman of the Christian Democratic Party of Ecuador (87-88) and (91-93) and as a six year vice chairman (91-97) of the All Americas Christian Democratic Association (ODCA), the Christian Democrat’s International.

Courses taught: Presidential Politics, Latin America: Selected Issues, Leadership.