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Milos Alcalay
Permanent Representative of Venezuela in the United Nations
In office
May 2001 – March 2004
Venezuela's Ambassador to Brazil
In office
1997–2000
Venezuela Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
1995–1996
Venezuela's Ambassador to Israel
In office
1992–1995
Venezuela's Ambassador to Romania
In office
1990–1992
Personal details
Born (1945-11-08) November 8, 1945 (age 79)
Citizenship Venezuela
Alma mater
OccupationDiplomat
Known forResigning as Venezuela's Ambassador to the United Nations in March 2004 to protest Venezuela President Hugo Chávez's policies.

Milos Alcalay (born 8 November 1945) is a Venezuelan diplomat.[1] He has served as Venezuela's Ambassador to Romania, Israel, and Brazil, the Venezuela Vice Minister of External Affairs, and Venezuela's Permanent Representative to the United Nations. He resigned as Venezuela's Ambassador to the United Nations in March 2004 to protest Venezuela President Hugo Chávez's policies.

Education

Alcalay graduated from the Andrés Bello Catholic University School of Law in Caracas in 1970.[1][2] He engaged in post-graduate studies at the International Public Administration Institute of Paris, the International Institute of Human Rights at Strasbourg, and the University of Paris.[1]

Diplomatic career

Alcalay's diplomatic career includes stints at the Venezuelan Embassy in Paris as Third Secretary from 1970-71 and as counselor from 1978-79, and in Venezuela's Permanent Mission to the European Community as Minister Counselor from 1979-83.[1][2]

He served as Coordinator of Interparliamentary Relations of the Venezuelan Congress (1983-85), Secretary General of the Andean Parliament (1984-85), and Permanent Secretary of the Andean Parliament (Bogotá, 1985-89).[2]

Alcalay was Venezuela's Ambassador to Romania from 1990 to 1992.[1] He served as Venezuela's Ambassador to Israel from 1992 to 1995.[1] He was Venezuela Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs between 1995 and 1996.[1][2][3] Alcalay was then Venezuela's Ambassador to Brazil from 1997 to 2000.[1]

In May 2001, Alcalay became Venezuela's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, and presented his credentials to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan.[4] Alcalay was also elected Chairman of the United Nations Committee on Information that month.[1] In 2001 he was the Vice Chairman of the Disarmament and International Security Committee of the UN General Assembly's 56th Session.[5] He resigned as Venezuela's Ambassador to the United Nations in March 2004 to protest Venezuela President Hugo Chávez's policies, saying that the actions of Venezuela's National Electoral Council "rob Venezuelans of the right to effect change through the democratic process", and that Venezuela was being subjected to army and police repression and unacceptable loss of life, and that peaceful protest was no longer possible.[6][7] Only two days prior to his resignation, he had been appointed Venezuela's Ambassador to London.[8]

Academia

Alcalay has published seven books and a number of articles on human rights, the illicit drug trade, democracy for Latin America, and diplomatic issues, and is a columnist for Diario La Verdad.[1][9] He speaks seven languages, including French, English, Portuguese, and Italian.[1][9]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Milos Alcalay Elected as Chairman of Committee on Information", United Nations, 30 April 2001.
  2. ^ a b c d "Milos Alcalay: Uno de los diplomáticos más respetados de Venezuela." Libertad Digital (Spanish), 4 March 2004.
  3. ^ Greg Mills. Why States Recover: Changing Walking Societies into Winning Nations, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, (Hurst, 2015).
  4. ^ "New Permanent Representative of Venezuela Presents Credentials,", United Nations, 3 May 2001.
  5. ^ Yearbook of the United Nations 2001 United Nations Publications, 2003.
  6. ^ Juan Forero (4 March 2004). "Venezuelan Ambassador to the U.N. Resigns," The New York Times.
  7. ^ "Venezuela UN ambassador resigns," BBC News, 5 March 2004.
  8. ^ "Venezuela's Ambassador to UN Resigns to Protest Chavez Policies,", VOA News, 4 March 2004.
  9. ^ a b "Mr. Milos Alcalay: Keynote Speaker," Samundo, 2010.
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