Simona Miculescu

Overview

Simona-Mirela Miculescu born Satu Mare, Romania July 4, 1959. Romanian diplomat; its first female ambassador; “Singing Diplomat” founded “Ambassadors Sing for Peace”; OSCE info office Kosovo 1999–2000; wartime adviser Iraq government Baghdad 2006-7; Vice-President UNICEF Executive Board 2008-9, Vice-President Assembly International Criminal Court 2010, Chair Special Political and Decolonization Committee UN General Assembly 2011, Vice-President of the UN General Assembly 2013, Chair UN Commission for Social Development 2015-6.

Quotations

“[W]e must all acknowledge that we need a partnership between men and women for advancing human rights, peace and development. We have to bring the other part of the team at the table if we want to genuinely achieve our objectives of reaching gender equality and women’s empowerment, as well as the sustainable development of our societies.” (March 26, 2015, Notre Dame of Maryland Univ.; photo Wikipedia)