Organizers of the Ambassador Lecture Series invite media to cover an address by His Excellency Piragibe dos Santos Tarragô, Ambassador of Brazil to Canada.
Ambassador Tarragô will speak at the CIGI Campus in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada on Thursday, October 18, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. With a distinguished career in Brazil’s Foreign Service, including United Nations postings in New York, London and Geneva, His Excellency will address the topic of Brazil and its prospects for the future. The topic of the address comes at an important time in Brazil’s history, as the country continues its evolution as an integral regional and international player and prepares to host major international events in the coming years. The lecture will be webcast to a live global audience.
The Ambassador Lecture Series, Waterloo’s premier forum for global affairs is organized by the University of Waterloo, presented at the Balsillie School of International Affairs, CIGI campus.
Media wishing to cover this address are asked to register in advance with CIGI Communications Specialist Kevin Dias, at 519-885-2444, ext. 7238 or [email protected].
WHO: His Excellency Piragibe dos Santos Tarragô, Ambassador of Brazil to Canada
WHAT: Address on Brazil and its prospects for the future
WHERE: CIGI Campus Auditorium, 67 Erb Street West, Waterloo, ON N2L 6C2
WEBCAST LINK: http://www.cigionline.org/webcasts
WHEN: 7-8:30 p.m., Thursday, October 18, 2012
MEDIA CONTACTS:
Kevin Dias, Communications Specialist, CIGI
Tel: 519.885.2444, ext. 7238, Email: [email protected]
Pamela Smyth, Media Relations Office, University of Waterloo
Tel: 519.888.4777, Email: [email protected]
About His Excellency Piragibe Dos Santos Tarragô: Ambassador of Brazil to Canada since February 2011, His Excellency Piragibe dos Santos Tarragô has been a career diplomat since 1975. His postings abroad include Maputo (1976), the United Nations, New York (1979-1982 and 2006-2009), Ottawa (1983-1985), Geneva (1990-1993), Caracas (1993-1997) and London (1999-2003). At the Ministry of External Affairs in Brazil, he headed the Trade on High Technology Goods Division, the Trade Policy Division and the Department of Economic Affairs. He has also served as Undersecretary-General for Political Affairs III (Africa and the Middle East). His Excellency Piragibe dos Santos Tarragô has worked mostly in economic matters in his functions in the Ministry of External Relations. He was the main negotiator for Brazil in the NAMA negotiations in the Doha Round (2003-2005) and in the TRIPs negotiations in the Uruguay Round (1987-1993). He was spokesman for the producing countries at the International Coffee Organization (1999-2003). He was also Brazilian delegate to many negotiations at the United Nations, including, inter alia, General Assembly, Security Council Reform, Peacebuilding Commission, ECOSOC, UNCTAD, Group of 77, South-South Cooperation, as well as at the GATT and WIPO.
The Balsillie School of International Affairs (BSIA) was launched in 2007 to offer graduate programs in global governance and international public policy. The Balsillie School is a collaborative initiative of The Centre for International Governance Innovation, the University of Waterloo (UW), and Wilfrid Laurier University (Laurier). With over 60 affiliated faculty teaching in the three programs, the Balsillie School will build on the current programming of the PhD in Global Governance (joint UW/Laurier), the MA in Global Governance (UW), and the Master’s in International Public Policy (Laurier). For more information please visit www.balsillieschool.ca.
The Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) is an independent, non-partisan think tank on international governance. Led by experienced practitioners and distinguished academics, CIGI supports research, forms networks, advances policy debate and generates ideas for multilateral governance improvements. Conducting an active agenda of research, events and publications, CIGI’s interdisciplinary work includes collaboration with policy, business and academic communities around the world. CIGI was founded in 2001 by Jim Balsillie, then co-CEO of Research In Motion (RIM), and collaborates with and gratefully acknowledges support from a number of strategic partners, in particular the Government of Canada and the Government of Ontario. For more information, please visit www.cigionline.org.
About the University of Waterloo: In just half a century, the University of Waterloo, located at the heart of Canada's technology hub, has become one of Canada's leading comprehensive universities with 34,000 full- and part-time students in undergraduate and graduate programs. Waterloo, as home to the world's largest post-secondary co-operative education program, embraces its connections to the world and encourages enterprising partnerships in learning, research and discovery. In the next decade, the university is committed to building a better future for Canada and the world by championing innovation and collaboration to create solutions relevant to the needs of today and tomorrow. For more information about Waterloo, visit www.uwaterloo.ca.