María Julia Hernández Chavarria born San Francisco Morazán, el Salvador January 30, 1939 (d. 2007). Human rights leader; advocate for victims of El Salvadorean civil war; head of Pax Christi. Received Pacem in Terris award, 1991; considered for Nobel Prize, 2005.
"Victims should come first." (photo http://bit.ly/GOzWet)
María Ángela Holguín Cuéllar born Bogotá, Colombia November 13, 1963. Colombian Foreign Minister 2010-17; diplomat, including representative to UN; requested and got UN support for peace agreement 2016.
“We have come to the Security Council to ask for its support in implementing the agreement for the abandonment of weapons and in monitoring and verifying the ceasefire and cessation of hostilities.” (UN Security Council, Jan. 25, 2016; photo business year)
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