Elsa Kelly

Last updated
Elsa Kelly
Elsa Kelly (cropped).jpg
Born
Elsa Rosa Diana Kelly

(1939-02-28) 28 February 1939 (age 84)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Occupation(s)Diplomat
Lawyer

Elsa Rosa Diana Kelly (born 28 February 1939) is an Argentinian lawyer and diplomat. She is currently a judge on the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea as an expert. She held various positions within Argentinian diplomacy and served as the ambassador to Italy, Austria and UNESCO.

Contents

Biography

Kelly was born in the city of Buenos Aires on 23 February 1939. [1] She graduated as a lawyer from the University of Buenos Aires in 1960, and was awarded a scholarship by the program of the Center for International Affairs at Harvard University. Kelly served as professor of public international law. [2] She began her diplomatic career by entering the Instituto del Servicio Exterior de la Nación. Kelly became an ambassador in 1984. In the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship, she held several positions, including member of the Higher Council of Ambassadors, director of cultural relations and director general of environmental affairs. She was named as deputy minister of foreign affairs under the government of Raúl Alfonsín. [3]

Between 1985 and 1989, she represented Argentina to UNESCO in Paris. She was appointed ambassador to Italy, a position she held until 2003. [4] Kelly served as an ambassador to Austria between 2003 and 2006. [5] In 2010, Kelly was appointed by President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner as national coordinator for the Global Nuclear Summit in Washington, D.C. During that year, her name was among the possible successors to Héctor Timerman as the ambassador to the United States, a position that nevertheless remained in the hands of Alfredo Chiaradía. [6] Kelly was appointed a judge of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea on 1 October 2011, becoming the first woman among twenty members that make up the body. [7] She will remain in office for a period of nine years. [8] [9]

Awards

Kelly has been decorated by the Governments of Mexico, Ecuador and France (Academic Palms). [1] In 2008, she received the Konex Award in the diplomat category, delivered by the Konex Foundation. [10]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Natalia Oreiro</span> Uruguayan actress and singer (born 1977)

Natalia Marisa Oreiro Iglesias is a Uruguayan actress, singer, songwriter, model, television presenter and fashion designer. Oreiro began her career in telenovelas. Since 2008 she has switched to work primarily in films. Oreiro has worked on social awareness shows and events for organizations like Greenpeace and UNICEF, the latter of which designated her as ambassador for Argentina and Uruguay in September 2011. She has been included in Esquire magazine's "The Sexiest Woman Alive Atlas" list.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Luciana Aymar</span> Argentine field hockey player

Luciana Paula Aymar is an Argentine retired field hockey player.

ARA <i>Libertad</i> (Q-2) School vessel in the Argentine Navy

ARA Libertad (Q-2) is a steel-hulled, full-rigged, class "A" sailing ship that serves as a school vessel in the Argentine Navy. One of the largest and fastest tall ships in the world, holder of several speed records, she was designed and built in the 1950s by the Río Santiago Shipyard, Ensenada, Argentina. Her maiden voyage was in 1961, and she continues to be a training ship with yearly instruction trips for the graduating naval cadets as well as a traveling goodwill ambassador, having covered more than 800,000 nautical miles (1,500,000 km) across all seas, visited about 500 ports in more than 60 countries, and trained more than 11,000 navy graduates.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jimena Barón</span> Argentine actress and singer

Jimena Valentina Guevara Barón, better known as Jimena Barón or J Mena, is an Argentine actress and singer.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lali Espósito</span> Argentine actress and singer (born 1991)

Mariana Espósito, known professionally as Lali Espósito, is an Argentine singer, actress, dancer and model.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rocío Marengo</span> Argentinian model, actress, singer, vedette, comedian and dancer

Rocío Marengo is an Argentinian model, actress, vedette, comedian and dancer.

María Esther Vázquez was an Argentine writer and journalist, best known as a collaborator and biographer of Jorge Luis Borges and Victoria Ocampo.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Argentina–Israel relations</span> Bilateral relations

International relations between Argentina and Israel, have existed for decades. Both countries established diplomatic relations on May 31, 1949.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Horacio Rodríguez Larreta</span> Mayor of Buenos Aires

Horacio Rodríguez Larreta is an Argentine economist, politician and the current Chief of Government of the City of Buenos Aires.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ángela Torres</span>

Ángela Azul Concepción Caccia, known as Ángela Torres, is an Argentinian actress and singer. She is the daughter of the actress Gloria Carrá and of the musician Marcelo Torres, niece of the popular singer Diego Torres and granddaughter of the deceased Lolita Torres. She has also taken part in several musical comedies such as "The Sound of Music" and "Peter Pan".

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cecilia Nahón</span> Argentine economist and diplomat

María Cecilia Nahón is an Argentine economist, diplomat, and politician who served as Ambassador of Argentina to the United States from 2013 to 2015.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cazzu</span> Argentine rapper and singer

Julieta Emilia Cazzuchelli, known professionally as Cazzu, is an Argentine rapper and singer. Born and raised in Ledesma, Jujuy, she gained popularity with her singles "Loca", "Toda", "Pa Mi" and "Chapiadora".

Retention of the frigate <i>Libertad</i> in Ghana

The retention of the frigate Libertad in Ghana was an episode that occurred on October 2, 2012, in which the frigate ARA Libertad, training ship of the Argentinian Navy, was detained in the Ghanaian port of Tema, due to a claim by the so-called vulture funds. The amparo appeal that triggered the retention of the ship was presented before the Ghanaian courts by the NML Capital Group, based in the Cayman Islands, in order to collect debt papers that did not enter into the exchange of the default of 2001. For its part, the Argentinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs described this legal action as a "cunning attack against Argentina [by] the vulture funds". On the occasion, Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman affirmed that warships could not be seized, in accordance with international legislation in this regard. Meanwhile, President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner maintained that "as long as I am president, they will be able to keep the frigate, but the freedom, dignity, and sovereignty of this country, no one will keep."

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Victoria Tolosa Paz</span> Argentine politician

Victoria Tolosa Paz is an Argentine politician and public accountant. Since 2022, she has been Minister of Social Development in the cabinet of President Alberto Fernández.

Tamara Kamenszain was an Argentine poet and essayist.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Camila Crescimbeni</span> Argentine politician

Camila Crescimbeni is an Argentine politician, currently serving as National Deputy elected in Buenos Aires Province since 2019. She is a member of Republican Proposal (PRO).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Josefina Mendoza</span> Argentine politician

Josefina Mendoza is an Argentine politician who was a National Deputy from 2017 to 2021, elected in Buenos Aires Province. She is a member of the Radical Civic Union (UCR).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pablo Torello</span> Argentine politician

Pablo Torello is an Argentine politician, currently serving as National Deputy elected in Buenos Aires Province. A member of Republican Proposal, Torello was first elected in 2015. He previously served as a member of the City Council of Bragado from 2013 to 2015.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Adriana Cáceres</span> Argentine politician

Adriana Cintia Cáceres is an Argentine political scientist and politician who served as a National Deputy elected in Buenos Aires Province from 2020 to 2021. She is a member of Republican Proposal (PRO).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kelly Olmos</span> Argentine politician

Raquel Cecilia Kismer de Olmos, better known as Kelly Olmos, is an Argentine economist and politician currently serving as the country's Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Security since 10 October 2022, in the cabinet of President Alberto Fernández.

References

  1. 1 2 "Judge Elsa Kelly". International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea. Archived from the original on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  2. ↑ Infobae (8 July 2010). "Elsa Kelly, cerca de la Embajada argentina en Washington" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 13 March 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2013.
  3. ↑ Perfil (13 November 2012). "Quién es Elsa Kelly, la esperanza de la Fragata" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2013.
  4. ↑ Clarín (23 August 2000). "Elsa Kelly, con destino en Roma" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2013.
  5. ↑ Prensa Argentina (8 February 2010). "Designan a Elsa Kelly como coordinadora nacional para la Cumbre Nuclear Global de Washington" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 3 April 2013. Retrieved 11 March 2013.
  6. ↑ Página 12 (8 July 2010). "¿Elsa Kelly a Washington?" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 8 August 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2013.
  7. ↑ "General Assembly Adopts Resolution Aimed at Ensuring Sustainability of World's Fisheries, as It Holds Annual Debate on UN Regime Protecting Seas, Oceans". United Nations. 6 December 2011. Archived from the original on 17 July 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  8. ↑ Infobae (16 June 2011). "Una diplomática argentina fue designada en el Tribunal del Mar de la ONU" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 19 June 2011. Retrieved 11 March 2013.
  9. ↑ Infobae Profesional (14 November 2012). "Quién es Elsa Kelly, la esperanza del Gobierno para recuperar la fragata Libertad" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2013.
  10. ↑ Fundación Konex. "Elsa Kelly" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 3 April 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2013.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.