Pablo Solón Romero
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Pablo Solón Romero served as
Career
Before becoming Ambassador to the United Nations, Pablo Solón Romero worked as an activist for many years with different social organizations, indigenous movements, workers’ unions, student associations, human rights and cultural organizations in Bolivia.
Under the administration of President Evo Morales, he has served as Ambassador for issues concerning Integration and Trade, Secretary of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) (December 2006 to May 2008) and a delegate in the Strategic Reflection Committee for South American Integration (2006).
As Ambassador to the UN, Solón spearheaded successful resolutions on the Human Right to Water,
At
He participated in December 2011 in the
In April 2012, it was announced that Solón had become the executive director of the Bangkok-based NGO
). In June 2015, Pablo Solon resigned as executive director in order to return to Bolivia.Awards
Pablo Solón was named the 2011 international Human Rights Award winner by Global Exchange.[4]
See also
References
- ^ "Bolivian UN Ambassador Pablo Solon on the World Peoples' Summit on Climate Change and Rights of Mother Earth". Democracy Now!.
- TheGuardian.com. 21 December 2010.
- ^ Declaration at a Harold Wolpe Lecture at the UKZN Centre for Civil Society cf. Global Alliance for the rights of the nature site
- ^ http://humanrightsaward.org Archived 2011-04-08 at the Wayback Machine
- Pablo Solón Responds to Secret U.S. Manipulation of Climate Talks Revealed in WikiLeaks Cable - video report by Democracy Now!
- [2] - Pablo Solon blog