CELEBRATION OF WOMEN DIPLOMATS
NY Celebration of Women Diplomats

New York, NY—On April 14, 2016, the Women’s Foreign Policy Group held its annual Celebration of Women Diplomats at the home of WFPG Member Geraldine Kunstadter. The program honored the achievements of women permanent representatives to the United Nations and consuls general. Honorees included the Ambassadors from Bhutan, Luxembourg, Panama, Pakistan, and Vietnam to the United Nations. WFPG also recognized the Deputy Permanent Representatives of Australia, the Bahamas, Burkina Faso, Kenya, Poland, United States, as well as the Consuls General of China, Croatia, Kazakhstan, Slovakia, and Uruguay.
 

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Hostess WFPG Member Geraldine Kunstadter, WFPG President Patricia Ellis, and WFPG Board Member
Nancy Ziuzen Schlegel of Lockheed Martin 

 
DPR Michele Sison (US), Ambassador Nga (Vietnam),
Isobel Coleman (US), DPR Koki Muli Grignon (Kenya),
Consul General Davies (Uruguay), DPR Margareta Kassangana-Jakubowska (Poland), and
Ambassador Lucas (Luxembourg)


 

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Diplomats and guests listen to opening remarks by Ambassador Michele Sison, DPR of the US to the UN

 
Ambassador Nga of Vietnam, Consul General Zhang Qiyue of China, and Ambassador Lodhi of Pakistan

 

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Deputy Permanent Representatives Caitlin Wilson of Australia & Margareta Kassangana-Jakubowska of Poland

 
Ambassador Isobel Coleman, US Representative for UN Management and Reform; Ambassador Sison;
Patricia Ellis; and Nancy Ziuzin Schlegel

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Jennifer Fenton of Al Jazeera with Consul General
Raushan Yesbulatova of Kazakhstan

 
Ambassador Lucas of Luxembourg, Ambassador Nga of Vietnam, and Ambassador Lodhi of Pakistan

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Hostess Geraldine Kunstadter and guests with
Consuls General Spomenka Cek of Croatia
and Jana Trnovcov of Slovakia

 
Kiera Gans, Rana Bahri, Natasha Kanerva, and Isha Mehmood of Corporate Advisory Council Member
DLA Piper LLP with Yasmin Naghash