NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF ARGENTINA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG

Alberto Pedro D’Alotto, the new Permanent Representative of Argentina to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. D’Alotto had been serving as Deputy Foreign Minister of Argentina since 2010. From 2007 to 2010, he was Chief of the Cabinet of the Minister of Foreign Affairs. He served at the Permanent Mission of Argentina to the United Nations in New York from 2001 to 2006, first dealing with economic and social affairs, and then serving as Deputy Permanent Representative. He served at the Permanent Mission of Argentina to the United Nations in Geneva from 1986 to 1991, dealing with human rights and humanitarian affairs.

A career diplomat, Mr. D’Alotto joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Argentina in 1984. He has held numerous posts at the Ministry, and has also served at the Embassy of Argentina in the United States from 1994 to 1996 and in Uruguay from 1996 to 1998.

Mr. D’Alotto was born in Buenos Aires on 2 October 1953. He has a Master in Political Sciences from the Université de la Sorbonne in Paris, France (1978) and a Law Degree from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain (1981). He also attended the Foreign Affairs School of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Argentina (1983-1984). During his career, Mr. D’Alotto has also taught at the University of Buenos Aires and the Universidad Di Tella in Buenos Aires. He is married with two children.


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