Chair
Chair of the Committee on Conferences
Mr. Denis Ishikawa dos Santos is a career diplomat of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil since 2006. He is currently serving at the Permanent Mission of Brazil to the United Nations, in New York, as an expert at the Fifth Committee of the General Assembly. Mr. Ishikawa dos Santos has previously served as an advisor at the Diplomatic Planning Unit and the Minister’s Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil, as well as in its East Asia Division. He has also worked at the Embassies of Brazil in Tokyo, Paris and Addis Ababa. Mr. Ishikawa dos Santos holds a bachelor's degree in law from the University of Sao Paulo and has completed professional studies in the Brazilian National School of Public Administration (ENAP) and the Brazilian diplomatic academy (Instituto Rio Branco). |
Previous Chairs (1988-2023)
Year | Chair | Country |
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2023 | Abo Ai | Japan |
2022 | Szymon Pekala | Poland |
2021 | Alexander Marschik | Austria |
2020 | Sofiane Mimouni | Algeria |
2019 |
Megayla Ulana Austin |
Guyana |
2018 |
Nirmal Raj Kafle |
Nepal |
2017 |
Lewis G. Brown |
Liberia |
2016 |
Katalin Annamária Bogyay |
Hungary |
2015 |
Marcelo Eliseo Scappini Ricciardi |
Paraguay |
2014 |
Yotam Goren |
Israel |
2013 |
Chamithri Jayanika Rambukwella |
Sri Lanka |
2012 |
Carolina Popovici |
Republic of Moldova (the) |
2011 |
Woinshet Tadesse Woldegiorgis |
Ethiopia |
2010 |
Claudia Corti |
Argentina |
2009 |
Barbara Kaudel |
Austria |
2008 |
Patrick A. Chuasoto |
Philippines (the) |
2007 |
Yury G. Yaroshevich |
Belarus |
2006 |
Nonye Udo |
Nigeria |
2005 |
Diego Simancas |
Mexico |
2004 |
Enno Drofenik |
Austria |
2003 |
Mohammad Tal |
Jordan |
2002 |
Andrius Namavicius |
Lithuania |
2001 |
Abdelmalek Bouheddou |
Algeria |
2000 |
Valeria María González Posse |
Argentina |
1999 |
Peter Van De Velde |
Belgium |
1998 |
Kohji F. X. Yamagiwa |
Japan |
1997 |
Uldis Blukis |
Latvia |
1996 |
El Hassane Zahid |
Morocco |
1995 |
Fernando Varela |
Chile |
1994 |
Maria Rotheiser |
Austria |
1993 |
Mahmoud Barimani |
Iran (Islamic Republic of) |
1992 |
Imre Karbuczky |
Hungary |
1991 |
Kwaku Dua Dankwa |
Ghana |
1990 |
Jaime Bazan |
Chile |
1989 |
Franziska Friessnigg |
Austria |
1988 |
Bernards A. N. Mudho |
Kenya |
Resources
Calendar of Conferences |
GA Resolutions |