New Permanent Representative of Ecuador Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva

Marcelo Vàzquez Bermúdez, the new Permanent Representative of Ecuador to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Vàzquez Bermúdez had served as the Legal Adviser of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ecuador since 2020. From 2014 to 2019, he was Ecuador’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States.  He was Legal Adviser of the Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ecuador from 2011 to 2013, and the Permanent Delegate of Ecuador to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization from 2006 to 2011.  He also served as Legal Adviser of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2003 to 2006, and Legal Adviser of the Permanent Mission of Ecuador to the United Nations in New York from 1998 to 2003.

Mr. Vàzquez Bermúdez has been First Vice-Chairman and then Chairman of the International Law Commission of the United Nations since 2023, and has served as its Special Rapporteur for General Principles of Law since 2018.  He has held other positions with the Commission over the years.  He has also lectured at several Universities and has published books and articles on international law.

Mr. Vàzquez Bermúdez is a Doctor of Law and Attorney at Law, School of Law of the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito.  He also holds a Master of Laws in International Law from the School of Law of the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima; a graduate diploma from Andrés Bello Diplomatic Academy, Chile; and he studied international law at Columbia University, New York.

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