Chair

Ricardo Jorge Fernandes Alves, born in Lisbon (Portugal) on 27 October 1981. Former student of the Military Institute of Pupils of the Army. Holds a degree in European Studies (2003) and a Master’s degree in Public Administration (2011). Served as a Senior Officer in the field of International Cooperation at the Portuguese National Institute of Public Administration (2008 to 2015). Diplomat at the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs since December 2015; served as Adviser to the Vice-Minister for Portuguese Communities (2018 to 2020). Posted at the Embassy of Portugal in Havana, Cuba (2020 to 2024). Currently posted at the Permanent Mission of Portugal to the United Nations (since 2024), with a primary focus on the Fifth Committee, UN80 initiative, the contributions portfolio and Peacekeeping Operations. Speaks Portuguese, English and Spanish.

2019

Megayla Ulana Austin

Guyana

2018

Nirmal Raj Kafle

Nepal

2017

Lewis G. Brown

Liberia

2016

Katalin Annamária Bogyay

Hungary

2015

Marcelo Eliseo Scappini Ricciardi

Paraguay

2014

Yotam Goren

Israel

2013

Chamithri Jayanika Rambukwella

Sri Lanka

2012

Carolina Popovici

Republic of Moldova (the)

2011

Woinshet Tadesse Woldegiorgis

Ethiopia

2010

Claudia Corti

Argentina

2009

Barbara Kaudel

Austria

2008

Patrick A. Chuasoto

Philippines (the)

2007

Yury G. Yaroshevich

Belarus

2006

Nonye Udo

Nigeria

2005

Diego Simancas

Mexico

2004

Enno Drofenik

Austria

2003

Mohammad Tal

Jordan

2002

Andrius Namavicius

Lithuania

2001

Abdelmalek Bouheddou

Algeria

2000

Valeria María González Posse

Argentina

1999

Peter Van De Velde

Belgium

1998

Kohji F. X. Yamagiwa

Japan

1997

Uldis Blukis

Latvia

1996

El Hassane Zahid

Morocco

1995

Fernando Varela

Chile

1994

Maria Rotheiser

Austria

1993

Mahmoud Barimani

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

1992

Imre Karbuczky

Hungary

1991

Kwaku Dua Dankwa

Ghana

1990

Jaime Bazan

Chile

1989

Franziska Friessnigg

Austria

1988

Bernards A. N. Mudho

Kenya