Egriselda López Explained

Egriselda López (born 1983)^[1] is a Salvadoran diplomat.

In August 2019, Ambassador López became the Permanent Representative of El Salvador to the United Nations, New York.^{[2] [3]}

Ambassador López was appointed in November 2020, by the President of the 75th Session of the General Assembly, H.E. Mr. Volkan Bozkir, as a co-chair of the Ad Hoc working Group on the Revitalization of the Work of the General Assembly (AHWG).^{[4] [5]}

In June 2021, Ambassador López was elected Chair of the 4th Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) of the United Nations General Assembly, for its 76th Session.^{[6] [7]} From 2013 to 2016, she served as Counsellor -later promoted to Minister Counsellor- at the Permanent Mission of El Salvador to the United Nations in New York. From 2010 to 2013, she was Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission at El Salvador's Embassy in the Republic of Korea. Ambassador López began her career at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of El Salvador in 2007, where she worked as an advisor on multilateral affairs. Besides serving as a diplomat, she has experience working in NGOs and think tanks in San Salvador and Geneva. Ambassador López holds a Master of Public Administration from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University (2018), a Master of International Affairs from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (2018) in Geneva, Switzerland, and a Bachelor of International Relations from the University of El Salvador (2006).^[8] At the Graduate Institute for International Development Studies, she completed a dissertation on gender parity in the Salvadoran Foreign Service (2018).^[9] Ambassador López’s native language is Spanish, she speaks English, French and Portuguese. Egriselda López is married and has a daughter.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Civil War, Diplomacy, Two Master's and Motherhood. Graduate Institute Geneva. 27 February 2019. 19 June 2020 .
2. Web site: Burgos . Estrella . Presidente electo anuncia a Egriselda López como embajadora ante Naciones Unidas . 21 May 2019 . ElSalvador.com . 24 June 2021.
3. Bukele . Nayib . Nayib Bukele . nayibbukele . 1131018089187950592 . 21 May 2019 . Nuestra nueva Embajadora ante las Naciones Unidas: https://t.co/1k6nuAwhPe . es . 5 July 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200924071342/https://twitter.com/nayibbukele/status/1131018089187950592 . 24 September 2020 . live.
4. Web site: Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly. www.un.org . 24 June 2021.
5. Misión Permanente de El Salvador ante ONU . ElSalvadorONU . 1375602530902753280 . 26 March 2021 . Nuestra Embajadora @EgriseldaL copresidió el Diálogo Interactivo entre la Secretaría de la @ONU_es y las Misiones Permanentes del Grupo de Trabajo sobre Revitalización de la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas #AHWG, junto con el Embajador @MichalMlynar de @SlovakiaUNNY. https://t.co/FeXh5elFEp . es . 5 July 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210624211959/https://twitter.com/ElSalvadorONU/status/1375602530902753280 . 24 June 2021 . live.
6. Web site: El Salvador es elegido para presidir una de las principales comisiones de la Asamblea General de la ONU . rree.gob.sv . 24 June 2021. 7 June 2021 .
7. Misión Permanente de El Salvador ante ONU . ElSalvadorONU . 1402394671142346753 . 8 June 2021 . Nuestra embajadora @EgriseldaL fue electa por la Asamblea General de la @ONU_es como Presidenta de la Cuarta Comisión "Política Especial y Descolonización" para su 76° Período de Sesiones. Una alta distinción que asumimos con un gran compromiso. https://t.co/bi3iBVyLhr https://t.co/qlhuYckIWc . es . 5 July 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210624211756/https://twitter.com/ElSalvadorONU/status/1402394671142346753 . 24 June 2021 . live.
8. Web site: Presidente electo anuncia a Egriselda López como embajadora ante Naciones Unidas . historico.elsalvador.com/ . 24 June 2021. 21 May 2019 .
9. Web site: Civil War, Diplomacy, Two Master's and Motherhood | IHEID . www.graduateinstitute.ch . 24 June 2021.