The United States and a coalition of six Caribbean countries invaded the small island nation of Grenada,100 miles (160 km) north of Venezuela,at dawn on 25 October 1983. Codenamed Operation Urgent Fury by the U.S. military,it resulted in military occupation within a few days. It was triggered by strife within the People's Revolutionary Government,which led to the house arrest and execution of the previous leader and second Prime Minister of Grenada,Maurice Bishop,and to the establishment of the Revolutionary Military Council,with Hudson Austin as chairman. Following the invasion there was an interim government appointed,and then general elections held in December 1984.
Jeane Duane Kirkpatrick was an American diplomat and political scientist who played a major role in the foreign policy of the Ronald Reagan administration. An ardent anticommunist,she was a longtime Democrat who became a neoconservative and switched to the Republican Party in 1985. After serving as Ronald Reagan's foreign policy adviser in his 1980 presidential campaign,she became the first woman to serve as United States Ambassador to the United Nations.
The School of International Service (SIS) is American University's school of advanced international study,covering areas such as international politics,international communication,international development,international economics,peace and conflict resolution,international law and human rights,global environmental politics,and U.S. foreign policy.
The Heller School for Social Policy and Management is one of the four graduate schools of Brandeis University in Waltham,Massachusetts.
The School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) is the international affairs and public policy school of Columbia University,a private Ivy League university located in Morningside Heights,Manhattan,New York City. SIPA offers Master of International Affairs (MIA) and Master of Public Administration (MPA) degrees in a range of fields,as well as the Executive MPA and PhD program in Sustainable Development.
Alicia Isabel Adriana Bárcena Ibarra is a Mexican biologist currently serving as her country's Secretary of Foreign Affairs. She previously served as the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) from July 2008 to March 2022.
Dr. Paulette A. Bethel is a Bahamian diplomat from the Commonwealth of The Bahamas. She started her professional career in 1980 in the international field as Assistant Social Affairs Officer in the Centre for Social Development and Humanitarian Affairs (CSDHA) in Vienna,Austria. She then joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Bahamas) and served in diplomatic posts for long years for her country. She was a Special Adviser to the Office of the President of the Seventieth session of the United Nations General Assembly. She was previously the Permanent Representative of the Bahamas to the United Nations from 4 March 2003 to 31 March 2013. She was the first female Ambassador of The Bahamas to the United Nations. She had also worked as Director of the Department of Fellowships at the Organization of American States (OAS);the first such position for a national of Bahamas.
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Grenada is an island country of the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean Sea. The southernmost of the Windward Islands,Grenada is directly south of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and about 100 miles (160 km) north of Trinidad and the South American mainland.
Winifred Byanyima,is a Ugandan aeronautical engineer,politician,human rights activist,feminist and diplomat. She is the executive director of UNAIDS,effective November 2019.
Amina Jane Mohammed is a British Nigerian diplomat and politician who is serving as the 5th Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations. Previously,she was Nigerian Minister of Environment from 2015 to 2016 and was a player in the Post-2015 Development Agenda process. She is also Chair of United Nations Sustainable Development Group.
Anne Anderson is a former Irish diplomat. She was the 17th Ambassador of Ireland to the United States. She has also been Ambassador of Ireland to the United Nations,the European Union,France,and Monaco,the first woman to hold each of these positions.
Adalbert Alexander Tucker (1944–2014) was a Belizean diplomat and politician. He was the Ambassador for Foreign Trade in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade in 2008. He is best known for his community ecological activism for the Belize River Valley Development Program (BELRIV).
Macharia Kamau is Kenya's Principal Secretary to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He previously served as Kenya's representative to the United Nations and as the former President of the UNICEF Executives Board.
Ngedikes "Olai" Uludong is a Palauan diplomat,currently serving as the Permanent Representative from Palau to the United Nations and the Palau Ambassador to the European Union in the Kingdom of Belgium. Prior to her role as a diplomat,Uludong was Climate Change Advisor in environmental policy and management throughout the Micronesia and Pacific region. She is an active public servant that has coordinated environment and climate change work in the Republic of Palau,Republic of the Marshall Islands,Republic of Nauru,Republic of Maldives,the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) process,and served as the Lead Negotiator for the United Nations Negotiating Bloc:The Alliance of Small Islands States (AOSIS) in New York City. As the Current Palau's Ambassador to the European Union and Ambassador on Climate Change.
Frances Colón is an American science diplomat and environmental policy expert most notably having served at the United States Department of State between September 2008 and January 2017. In her work,she promotes the integration of science and technology into foreign policy dialogues;global scientific engagement for capacity-building;the advancement of women in STEM;and the use of innovation as a tool for economic growth around the world.
Lami Phillips Gbadamosi,is a Nigerian singer,songwriter and actress. She is United Nations (UN) envoy and Oxfam Ambassador for Women and Youths.
Gillian Bristol is a diplomat from Grenada,serving as ambassador to the United States and Mexico for the small island nation. She was the first Caribbean Islander to be president of the OAS Staff Association.
Fatima Kyari Mohammed is the Permanent Observer of the African Union to the United Nations.
Rabab Fatima is a Bangladeshi diplomat. She is currently the high representative of the United Nations for the least developed countries,landlocked developing countries and small island developing states (UNOHRLLS). Between 2019 and July 2022,she served as the Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations. Prior to this,she was Bangladesh Ambassador to Japan. On 1 February 2022,she was elected the Chair of the United Nations Peacebuilding Commission (PBC).
