Author: Alex Publish Time: 2023-03-07 Origin: Alex
Santiago IRAZABAL MOURO, male, is a renowned Brazilian diplomat with more than 30 years of diplomatic experience and a former Permanent Delegate of Brazil to UNESCO. on November 9, 2021, Santiago MOURO was elected President of the 41st session of the General Conference of UNESCO.
An experienced Brazilian diplomat, Santiago Morão has an extensive bilateral and multilateral background. This includes his previous role as Brazil's ambassador to Tehran, Iran, and reports from 2018 indicate that he was then the Deputy Secretary General of the Ministry of International Cooperation, Trade Promotion and Cultural Themes of the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, having made a working visit to Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
On December 19, 2019, UNESCO's official website published a news article: the Director-General of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay, received Ambassador Santiago Morão, who handed over to the Director-General the instrument of Brazil's permanent representation to UNESCO.
