CELEBRATION OF WOMEN DIPLOMATS
Celebration of Women Diplomats
New York, NY


New York, NY—On April 12, 2018, 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, deputy permanent representatives to the United Nations, and consuls general in New York. Honorees included the Ambassadors to the United Nations: Besiana Kadare of Albania, Elisenda Vives Balmaña of Andorra, María Emma Mejía Vélez of Colombia, Amal Mudallali of Lebanon, Maleeha Lodhi of Pakistan, Darja Bavda Kuret of Slovenia, and Nguyen Phuong Nga of Viet Nam. WFPG also recognized the Deputy Permanent Representatives of Benin, Burkina Faso, Ecuador and Spain as well as the Consuls General of Barbados, Canada, Colombia, and Slovakia. Ambassador Maleeha Lodhi of Pakistan and Ambassador Darja Bavda Kuret of Slovenia made brief opening remarks on behalf of the honorees on the 2018 CSW theme: the empowerment of rural women and girls.
 

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Ambassadors Maleeha Lodhi of Pakistan, María Emma Mejía Vélez of Colombia, and Besiana Kadare of Albania, with hostess Geraldine Kunstadter

 
WFPG Executive Director Kim Kahnhauser Freeman welcomes guests and recognizes honorees
 

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Ambassador Maleeha Lodhi of Pakistan and Ambassador Darja Bavda Kuret of Slovenia make opening remarks

 
Hostess Geraldine Kunstadter and
Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Nga of Viet Nam 

 

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Ambassador Elisenda Vives Balmaña of Andorra
 

Ambassador Mariame Fofana, DPR of Burkina Faso

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Ambassador Elisenda Vives Balmaña of Andorra and
Zelma Yollande Nobre Fassinou, DPR of Benin

 
Ambassador María Emma Mejía Vélez of Colombia

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Ambassador Amal Mudallali of Lebanon

 

Consuls General Donna Hunte-Cox of Barbados and
María Isabel Nieto Jaramillo of Colombia

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Ambassador María Bassols, DPR of Spain, and
Hayfa Ali Ahmed Matar, DPR of Bahrain

 
Consul General Ladislava Begeç of Slovakia
thanks Geraldine Kunstadter

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Consul Generals Phyllis Yaffe of Canada and
Ambassador Manuela Bairos of Portugal

 
Recognition of honorees

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WFPG Board Members Anita Botti,
Allison Ford and Co-Chair Lois Romano

 
Tara Kangarlou, Leadership Circle Member
Kristen Kaufman, and Jenifer Fenton

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Consul General María Isabel Nieto Jaramillo, Rosham D'Souza, and Ambassador María Emma Mejía Vélez

 
Ambassador Amal Mudallali of Lebanon and 
Ambassador Maleeha Lodhi of Pakistan

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Namie Di Razza, Youssef Mahmoud, and Miriam Khiari

 
Anita Botti, Judge Judy Chirlin, and Celia Ross-Latham

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Consul Generals María Isabel Nieto Jaramillo and
Ladislava Begeç with Kim Kahnhauser Freeman

 
Celia Ross-Latham, Sylvie Messel,
Rebekah Nelson and Raia Garvin

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Consul General Manuela Bairos,
Ellen Itskovitz and Stephanie Johanssen

 
Priscilla LydiaHernandez, Karen Kaiser and
Namie Di Razza

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Rebekah Nelson and Raia Garvin

 
Rosham D'Souza and Consul General Manuela Bairos

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