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TAGS: PREL PHUM CI
SUBJECT: DIPLOMATIC NOTE ANNOUNCES CHILEAN CANDIDATE FOR COMMITTEE 
ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD 
 
¶1.  On February 20, Post received Diplomatic Note number 41 dated 
February 7, from the Ministry of Foreign Relations announcing 
Chile's candidate for the Committee on the Rights of the Child. 
Paragraph 2 contains Post's informal translation of diplomatic note 
¶41.  Paragraph 3 contains the candidate's curriculum vitae. 
 
¶2.  The Ministry of Foreign Relations - Multilateral Policy 
Directorate - presents its compliments to the Embassy of the United 
States of America, and has the honor to inform the Embassy that the 
Government of Chile has decided to present the candidacy of Mrs. 
Marta Mauras Perez to the Committee on the Rights of the Child, 
whose elections will take place in February 2009 at the United 
Nations in New York. 
 
This decision reflects the permanent interest of the Government of 
Chile, as a State Party to the Convention on the Rights of the 
Child, to work on the protection of those rights, particularly to 
attend to their specific needs and to continue to contribute to 
efforts, together with those of the international community, to 
generate more inclusive and comprehensive changes that make possible 
the strengthening of social, family and individual 
responsibilities. 
 
Mrs. Marta Mauras, with a degree in Sociology, has a broad and 
recognized career at the United Nations, particularly at UNICEF, 
where she was Regional Director for Latin America.  In addition, she 
has served at the Secretariat of the Economic Commission for Latin 
America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) as member of its executive team 
and head of intergovernmental political affairs, information and 
policy on women and gender.  She is currently UNICEF Special Envoy 
for Latin America, member of the Chilean Council on Foreign Affairs 
and member of the Council of Directors of the Observatory of Public 
Policy on Childhood. 
 
In the framework of the relations of friendship and cooperation that 
unite our two countries, the Government of Chile solicits the 
valuable support of the Government of the United States of America 
for this candidacy.  Mrs. Marta Mauras' curriculum vitae is 
attached. 
 
The Ministry of Foreign Relations - Directorate of Multilateral 
Policy - appreciates the special consideration of support for this 
request and avails itself of this opportunity to renew to the 
Embassy of the United States of America the assurances of its 
highest and most distinguished consideration. 
 
Santiago, February 7, 2008 
 
¶3.  CURRICULUM VITAE 
 
Marta Mauras Perez was born in Santiago, Chile. Has one daughter. 
 
University Studies 
 
Degree (licenciatura) in Sociology, Catholic University of Chile 
Certificate in Public Administration, University of Connecticut, 
USA 
Diploma in Ontological Coaching, The Newfield Group 
 
Work Experience 
 
-- 2007 onwards: Special Envoy for UNICEF in Latin America; member 
of the Chilean Council on Foreign Relations; member of the Board of 
the Observatory on Children's Public Policies in Chile; consultant 
 
-- 2005 - 2007: Secretary of the Commission, ECLAC, 
             Santiago 
 
-- 1998 - 2005: Director for Economic and Social Affairs in the 
Office of the Secretary-General of the United Nations and Director 
of the Office of the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, 
New York, USA 
 
-- 1992 - 1998: Regional Director, Americas and Caribbean Regional 
Office, UNICEF, Bogota, Colombia 
 
-- 1988 - 1992: Head of Africa Section, UNICEF, New York, USA 
 
-- 1984 - 1988: UNICEF Representative for Mozambique and Swaziland, 
Maputo, Mozambique 
 
-- 1980 - 1984: Planning Officer, UNICEF, Islamabad, Pakistan 
 
-- 1977 - 1979: Project Officer, UNICEF Regional Office, Santiago, 
Chile 
 
-- 1974 - 1977: Consultant, UNICEF Regional Office, Santiago, Chile 
 
-- 1972 - 1974: Lecturer and Researcher, Catholic University of Rio 
de Janeiro, Catholic University of Chile 
 
Other Professional Activities 
Mrs. Mauras is an adviser to ComunidadMujer in Chile, a member of 
the Board of Directors of the South-North Development Initiative in 
New York and Buenos Aires, a member of the Leadership Council of the 
Global Coalition on Women and AIDS, and a member of the Board of 
Directors of Latinobarometro Corporation.  She is a guest lecturer 
for the International Cooperation Programme of the Basque 
University. 
 
Languages 
 
Spanish, English, French and Portuguese 
 
URBAN