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THE UNIVERSITY FOR PEACE COUNCIL

The Council of the University for Peace is the governing body of the University composed of 17 members.  Ten members are appointed by the Secretary-General of the United Nations in consultation with the Director-General of UNESCO, and seven ex-officio members: the Chancellor of the University, the Rector, two members nominated by the Government of Costa Rica—the host country—a  representative of the UN Secretary-General, a representative of the Director-General of UNESCO and the Rector of the United Nations University.

Members of the Council
(As of 01 March 2013)

Honorary President: Honorary President: H.E. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations
Dr. Jorge Grandi UNESCO Director-General Representative Acting President of the Council (Uruguay)	Hon. Carlos Roversi Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Costa Rica Acting Vice-President (Costa Rica)
Amb. Francisco J. Aguilar-Urbina Representative of the Costa Rican Government Ex officio Member (Costa Rica)	Mr. Marcio Barbosa General Manager of The Doha Cultural Village and Former Deputy Director- General of UNESCO (Brazil)
Ms. Judy Cheng-Hopkins Representative, United Nations Secretary-General Ex officio Member (Malaysia)	Ms. Bineta Diop Executive Director Femmes Africa Solidarité (Senegal)
Mr. Marius Enthoven Chairman, Alliance for UPEACE Executive Committee member (The Netherlands)	Hon. Wakako Hironaka Former Member of the House of Councillors (Japan)
Dr. Bruce Jenks School of International and Public Affairs Columbia University (United Kingdom)	Mr. Francisco Luzón López Vice-President, Santander Group (Spain)
Dr. David M. Malone Rector, United Nations University Ex officio Member (Canada)	The Hon. Roza Otunbayeva Former President of Kyrgyzstan (Kyrgyzstan)
Dr. Aristides Royo Former President of the Republic of Panama (Panama)	Ms. Valentine S. Rugwabiza Deputy Director-General World Trade Organization (Rwanda)
H. E. Julio María Sanguinetti Former President of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay (Uruguay)	Prof Jisi Wang Dean, School of International Studies Peking University (China)

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