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Minister of the Environment and Natural Resources of Guatemala
Message from the Chair
Dr. Luis Alberto Ferraté Felice was elected Chairperson of the eighteenth session of the Commission on Sustainable Development, representing Latin America and the Carribean.
Dr. Luis Alberto Ferraté is a Minister of the Environment and Natural Resources of Guatemala. He holds a degree in environmental engineering from the University of San Carlos of Guatemala and a Master’s and PhD in Geography from the University of Oregon, USA. The Minister also has specialized in Photogrammetric, Geomorphology and Satellite Interpretation in the Washington Science Center and Georgetown University in the USA and the International Institute for Geo-information and Earth Observation in Netherlands. Dr. Ferraté undertook several post doctoral studies in communication and social sciences, environmental management and planning, territorial vulnerability and protected area systems.
From 1957 to 1975, Minister Ferraté served as Director of The Geography Department of the Natural Geographic Institute of Guatemala and Director of Ecological Research at the National Forest Institute of Guatemala. He was the Founder and Coordinator of the Natural Advisory Commission on the Human Environment from 1974-1976.
He worked in the Interamerican Development Bank (IDB) between 1981 and 2000 in various positions and was the leader in the development of the environmental management system of the IDB. Between 2000 and 2008, Dr. Ferraté provided consultancies in several international organizations, including the expansion of the Panama Canal.
Permanent Representative of the Philippines
H.E. Mr. Hilario G. Davide Jr has been an Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Philippines since February 2007 to which position he came from being a Senior Presidential Adviser on Electoral Reforms. He is the Vice-Chairman representing Asia on the Bureau of the eighteenth session of the Commission on Sustainable Development.
Ambassador Davide has had a distinguished career in public service which he entered upon graduating from the University of Philippines University College of Law. He held a number of senior positions, such as Chairman of the Committee on Duties and Obligations of Citizens and Ethics of Public Officials, Assemblyman for Cebu, Chairman of the Commission’s Committee on the Legislative Power and a member of the Committees on the Executive Power, the Judiciary, Style and Public Hearings. He was also a Chairman of the Presidential Fact-Finding Commission that investigated the 1989 military rebellion and recommend measures to prevent the occurrence of similar attempts at a violent seizure of power.
Ambassador Davide is the recipient of many awards such as the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Government Service, Most Distinguished Alumnus Award by the University of the Philippines Alumni Association, the 2003 Man of the Year Award by the Philippine Free Press, the 2000 Filipino of the Year Award by the Philippine Daily Inquirer, the 2001 Rule of Law Award, the 1999 The Outstanding Filipino Award in Environmental Law, the 2003 Chief Justice Roberto Concepcion Award for Legal Aid by the Integrated Bar of the Philippines, the 2006 American Bar Association International Rule of Law Award and 13 honorary degrees in doctoral law and humanities.
Ambassador at the Libyan Permanent Mission to the United Nations
H.E. Mr. Mohamed Al-Mabrok Alahraf was posted to the Libyan Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York in 2005 as Counsellor and was promoted to the rank of Ambassador in 2009. He is the Vice-Chairman representing Africa on the Bureau of the eighteenth session of the Commission on Sustainable Development
Ambassador Al-Mabrok Alahraf is a career diplomat serving at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and also in Embassies in Romania and Zambia. At the Ministry of Foreign Affairs he was in charge of overseeing non-governmental organizations and then African Affairs. He was a member of the Libyan Delegation to a number of African Summit conferences.
In the Libyan Permanent Mission, he is responsible for 2nd and 3rd Committees of the General Assembly and participated in international conferences dealing with financing for development, Millennium Development Goals, international migration, and sustainable development issues, including climate change, environmental issues, and African development needs.
Ambassador Al-Mabrok Alahraf holds B.A in Political Science, University of Garyounis, Benghazi, Libya.
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