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Djibril Diallo is a senior United Nations and international development leader with more than 35 years of experience across Africa, Europe and ±¬ÁÏÍø Headquarters in New York. He has held senior leadership and advisory roles with ±¬ÁÏÍøHCR, ±¬ÁÏÍøICEF, ±¬ÁÏÍøDP, ±¬ÁÏÍøAIDS and the ±¬ÁÏÍø Office on Sport for Development and Peace, and has served with several Presidents of the General Assembly. His work spans diplomacy, strategic communications, sustainable development, global health, youth engagement and international partnerships. He holds a PhD in linguistics and communication from the University of London and completed postgraduate studies at the University of Nottingham. He has founded and led international initiatives advancing youth leadership, women¡¯s empowerment and engagement between Africa and the wider international community.

Md. Abdul Alim is a seasoned diplomat with extensive experience in bilateral and multilateral diplomacy, intergovernmental negotiations, sustainable development, climate action, development financing and the priorities of LDCs, LLDCs and SIDS.

He began his career in Bangladesh Foreign Service, ranking first in the eighteenth Bangladesh Civil Service (FA) examination. He served in bilateral, multilateral and administrative assignments at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh, as well as at the Permanent Mission of Bangladesh to the United Nations in New York, where he covered economic and financial issues, United Nations funds and programmes, and Second Committee matters, and coordinator of the Group of LDCs.

Mr. Alim joined the United Nations in 2010, serving with the Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States. He subsequently assumed leadership responsibility for the least developed countries portfolio, including work on development, climate change, financing and related intergovernmental processes.

He holds bachelor¡¯s and master¡¯s degrees in economics from the University of Dhaka, with first-class, and an MSc in International Economics from the University of Birmingham, as a Chevening Scholar. He also holds a higher diploma in Environmental Science from Harvard University.

Haya Al-Thani is a Qatari public servant with 13 years of experience across government, most recently as Deputy Director General at the Qatar Fund for Development, where she held executive oversight of corporate strategy, strategic partnerships and the Fund¡¯s sectoral, country and initiative-level architecture. She previously headed the International Cooperation sector at the Office of the Minister of Defence, and began her career as a diplomat at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She holds a bachelor¡¯s degree from Georgetown University¡¯s School of Foreign Service in Qatar and a master¡¯s degree in geopolitics, security and territory from King¡¯s College London.

Nabil El Eid is a German career diplomat with extensive experience across multilateral diplomacy and international security. He served as Deputy Chef de Cabinet to the President of the General Assembly for its eightieth session and as Team Leader for Political Affairs, Peace and Security in the Office of the President of the General Assembly for its seventy-ninth session. Before his secondment to the Office of the President of the General Assembly, he was Deputy Head of Division in the Directorate General for International Order, the United Nations and Arms Control at the Federal Foreign Office in Berlin. From 2019 to 2022, he served as Counsellor at the Permanent Mission of Germany to the United Nations in New York, leading on Middle East issues and serving on Germany¡¯s Security Council team in 2019 and 2020. He was earlier posted to Algiers as First Secretary for Political Affairs. Before joining the German Foreign Service in 2011, he worked as a lawyer at an international law firm in Frankfurt and London. He is a fully qualified German lawyer and also holds a Master of Laws from King¡¯s College London.

Sharifah Sofia is an economist with close to nine years of experience in corporate finance, strategy and private equity in Malaysia and Singapore. She holds an MSc in development management from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a Master of Public Administration from the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University. As a graduate student she was an external consultant to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation on methodologies to empower rural women in Ethiopia¡¯s agricultural sector, and led a research paper on prudential regulation and sustainable investment for the ±¬ÁÏÍø Department of Economic and Social Affairs. She was most recently a fellow at the Yunus Centre, working on social business, youth entrepreneurship and trade and investment policy. She has served as a trustee of the Albukhary Foundation and chaired the scholarship committee of Albukhary International University¡¯s Board of Governors from 2018 to 2022.

Peter Stone is an Australian public servant and adviser who has served in the Cabinet of the President of the General Assembly since the seventy-fifth session. Before joining the Office he was a Senior Adviser at the Permanent Mission of Australia to the United Nations, where over fifteen years he was a delegate to the Second, Third and Fifth Committees, served on Australia¡¯s Security Council team in 2013 and 2014, and worked on counter-terrorism, General Assembly issues and elections. He holds bachelor¡¯s degrees in science and engineering with honours from the University of Sydney and a master¡¯s degree in professional ethics from the University of New South Wales. He worked for the Australian Red Cross before joining the Australian Mission.

Zaima Rahman is a barrister and legal and policy professional with experience across the United Kingdom and Bangladesh. She holds an LLB in law and politics from Queen Mary University of London, is a qualified barrister in England and Wales through the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple, and is completing her qualifications for practice in Bangladesh. Her professional experience covers housing, welfare and employment law in the United Kingdom, legal advisory and public relations work in the healthcare sector, and pro bono work in social welfare and education law; in Bangladesh she has worked with Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed & Associates on constitutional, corporate and commercial law, public-private partnerships and taxation. She serves on the board of Surovi, a Bangladeshi social development organisation working to expand educational opportunities for disadvantaged and out-of-school children. Her areas of interest include governance, inclusive public policy, access to justice, education, gender equality, digital safety and social inclusion.

Md Moazzem Hossain is an administrative and diplomatic affairs professional with more than 15 years of experience across the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh and diplomatic missions in New York and Cairo. He served as Administrative Officer at the Permanent Mission of Bangladesh to the United Nations in New York, supporting the Third Committee, elections, protocol, information technology, mission events, visa and passport services and confidential diplomatic correspondence. He previously served at the Embassy of Bangladesh in Cairo, including as Personal Officer to the Ambassador, and held assignments at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Dhaka with the Foreign Minister¡¯s Office, the Personnel Directorate and the South Asia Wing. He holds a BA with honours in Bangla and is fluent in Bengali and English. His areas of expertise include office administration, protocol and consular services, event coordination, logistics, records management, travel and procurement.

Claire Andrade Piro is a United Nations professional with more than 15 years of experience in multilateral affairs, executive support, diplomatic engagement and international administration. Her career spans the ±¬ÁÏÍø Secretariat, Permanent Missions and the ±¬ÁÏÍø University, giving her a perspective on the ±¬ÁÏÍø system from both the Secretariat and the Member State side. She has supported senior leadership and Permanent Representatives, coordinated high-level meetings and missions, and managed complex operational and administrative processes. She is fluent in English, Spanish and Italian and has a background in international communications, translation and interpreting.

Yuan Cheng is the Staff Assistant in the Office of the President of the General Assembly. Yuan has experience in providing administrative and human resources support within the United Nations Secretariat. Prior to joining the Office of the President of the General Assembly, she worked as a Language Service Assistant in the Chinese Translation Service of the Department of General Assembly and Conference Management, where she supported the delivery of language services for intergovernmental meetings and related activities. Yuan has an academic background in Linguistics and holds a Master of Arts in Applied Linguistics from Columbia University.

Marie I. Resolus is a staff and contract management assistant with more than 15 years of experience supporting United Nations operations, including with the United Nations missions in Haiti and at ±¬ÁÏÍø Headquarters in New York. She provides administrative, acquisition management and office support services in complex organisational environments. Her strengths include organisation, communication and problem-solving, and managing competing priorities while maintaining high standards of service delivery. She speaks Haitian Creole, French and English.

Jingchun Lu is a Chinese career diplomat who began his diplomatic career in 1997 and has more than a decade of assignments in East and North Africa. His work has given him a close understanding of development in the developing world and of Middle East affairs, international politics and security. Since September 2025 he has served as Deputy Political Coordinator at the Permanent Mission of China to the United Nations, overseeing Security Council affairs relating to the Middle East and Europe. He has held the rank of Counsellor since 2018.

Thandekile Tshabalala is a South African diplomat with international peace and security expertise with experience in multilateralism and international organisations, particularly the United Nations. She has represented South Africa at the United Nations in New York, most notably on the ±¬ÁÏÍø Security Council and the Peacebuilding Commission during South Africa¡¯s terms from 2019¨C2020 and 2021¨C2022 respectively. She has led and facilitated negotiations and policy engagement on thematic areas and country issues across Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America and the Caribbean. Her thematic areas of interest and expertise include peacebuilding, conflict prevention, Women, Peace and Security, and Security Sector Reform as well as peacekeeping. Prior to joining the Office of the President of the General Assembly at its eightieth session in 2025 where she led and advised on political, peace and security affairs including the First and Fourth Committees, she served as Assistant Director for ±¬ÁÏÍø Affairs in the South African Foreign Ministry, the Department of International Relations and Cooperation, where, amongst political, peace and security matters, she coordinated South Africa¡¯s positions during negotiations of the Pact for the Future, and formed part of G20 and BRICS teams when South Africa hosted Summits. She holds a Master of Science in Public Policy from SOAS, University of London, and a Master of Arts in International Relations from Wits University, Johannesburg and a BA in International Relations, Human Rights and Media Communications.

Eda Sar? is a Turkish diplomat with over nine years of service across the Middle East, Asia-Pacific and North America, including three years at the Permanent Mission of °Õ¨¹°ù°ì¾±²â±ð to the United Nations. At the Turkish Mission, she covered the Middle East, the Fourth Committee, peacekeeping and peacebuilding. She chaired the Working Group on the Financing of ±¬ÁÏÍøRWA and coordinated a working group at the 2025 High-Level Conference on the Two-State Solution. She was previously posted to Amman and Bangkok and served at the North America Desk and the Office of the Deputy Foreign Minister at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She holds an MSc in international migration and public policy from the London School of Economics and a BSc in international relations from METU.

Takako Ishizaki is a Japanese diplomat who has served as Senior Adviser for Political Affairs, Peace and Security in the Office of the President of the General Assembly for its seventy-ninth and eightieth sessions. Before her secondment she served at the Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations on the Security Council team, covering African issues. From 2021 to 2024 she worked in the National Security Policy Division of the Foreign Policy Bureau on security policy and regulation, including the transfer of defence equipment and technology and bilateral security agreements. She was earlier a programme officer at the Japan International Cooperation Agency, working on legal and judicial assistance and security sector projects, and from 2016 to 2018 was seconded to the Commission of the West African Economic and Monetary Union in Burkina Faso, working on regional development, infrastructure and transport.

Ibtihal Altalhi serves at the Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the United Nations in New York. Her work has covered international security, counter-terrorism, crime prevention and global policy, including multilateral diplomacy, intergovernmental processes, international cooperation and policy development. She previously served at Naif Arab University for Security Sciences, working on international security and counter-terrorism and contributing to policy-oriented initiatives and research. She holds a Master of Arts in political science with a concentration in terrorism and political violence from the University at Albany, State University of New York, and a bachelor¡¯s degree in English language from Taif University.

Anne M. Havn is a Norwegian diplomat and lawyer who holds a double degree from Norway and France and a Master of Advanced Studies in Mediation in Peace Processes from ETH Zurich. Before joining the Norwegian Foreign Service she practised law in France and Norway, and she has lectured on mediation and human rights at the University of Oslo. Throughout her diplomatic career she has specialised in mediation and international law, with postings across East Asia, South Asia and the Middle East, most recently as Political Coordinator and Counsellor at the Permanent Mission of Norway to the United Nations in New York.

Maisa Al-Ruqaishi is a senior diplomat and legal professional with over 20 years of experience in international human rights instruments, criminal law, judicial cooperation and multilateral diplomacy. She serves as Legal Adviser at the Permanent Mission of the Sultanate of Oman to the United Nations in New York, where she represents Oman in the Third Committee of the ±¬ÁÏÍø General Assembly, alongside her role as Assistant Attorney General and Director of International and Regional Cooperation at the Public Prosecution.

She has held senior national and regional roles in combating trafficking in persons and advancing human rights, and has represented Oman before ±¬ÁÏÍø human rights treaty bodies. She holds a master¡¯s degree in law and is currently pursuing a PhD in law. Her areas of expertise include human rights, criminal law, judicial cooperation and multilateral negotiations.

Caoimhe O¡¯Dwyer is a human rights specialist with experience in the United Nations and the Irish diplomatic service. She led the Micronesia regional human rights portfolio for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, based in the Resident Coordinator¡¯s Office in Micronesia. She previously served with the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs at the Permanent Missions to the United Nations in New York, Geneva and Paris. She holds a bachelor¡¯s degree in international relations and French from Dublin City University and master¡¯s degrees in international security from Sciences Po Paris and King¡¯s College London.

Estefania Acu?a Lacarieri is a human rights and multilateral affairs specialist with experience in the non-profit sector, philanthropy and the United Nations. She has coordinated high-level engagements with Member States, United Nations entities and civil society in support of multi-stakeholder dialogue. She holds bachelor¡¯s degrees in political science and communication and a master¡¯s degree in Latin American studies from Stanford University. Her areas of interest include gender equality, migrants¡¯ rights and humanitarian affairs.

Tatsuhiko Furumoto is a Japanese diplomat holding the rank of Minister at the Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations. He served as Director for Non-proliferation, Science and Nuclear Energy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, leading engagement on nuclear non-proliferation, export controls and emerging technologies, including the governance implications of artificial intelligence, and earlier as Director for Gender Mainstreaming, working on gender equality and women, peace and security through the G7, G20 and United Nations forums. From 2020 to 2022 he was Head of the ±¬ÁÏÍø Resident Coordinator¡¯s Office in Uganda, coordinating the work of the ±¬ÁÏÍø Country Team. He earlier served as Humanitarian and Human Rights Counsellor at the Permanent Mission of Japan, covering the General Assembly, Security Council and ECOSOC. His areas of interest include multilateral diplomacy, emerging technologies and their governance, sustainable development, human rights, humanitarian affairs, climate change and development cooperation.

Mafizul Islam is a data and artificial intelligence specialist with 15 years of experience across Asia, Africa and ±¬ÁÏÍø Headquarters in New York, including 12 years with the United Nations and five years in management roles. He has worked across ±¬ÁÏÍø agencies, ±¬ÁÏÍø peacekeeping operations and the ±¬ÁÏÍø Office of the Special Adviser on Africa. His career has focused on bridging emerging technologies with substantive ±¬ÁÏÍø mandates across human rights, humanitarian action, peace and security, and sustainable development. His expertise includes the use of data and AI for human rights monitoring and investigations, early warning and risk detection, and the analysis of misinformation and disinformation. He has developed AI-enabled solutions for ±¬ÁÏÍø peacekeeping, General Assembly analysis, SDG monitoring and strategic decision-making.

He has contributed to ±¬ÁÏÍø-wide work on AI impact assessment and developed AI strategies and governance frameworks for multiple ±¬ÁÏÍø entities. He holds an advanced degree in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence and four Microsoft professional certifications, and is also PRINCE2 Practitioner, ITIL Foundation and CompTIA Security+ certified. His areas of interest include AI governance, responsible AI, strategic foresight and cybersecurity.

Stanislav Suprunenko is a career diplomat with two decades of professional experience across regions including Africa and Europe. He has spent the past nine years working on United Nations affairs, with a focus on multilateral diplomacy and intergovernmental negotiations. His experience covers strategic analysis, policy coordination and managerial responsibilities, as well as substantive engagement in the work of the Security Council and the General Assembly on international peace and security, United Nations reform, sustainable development and other multilateral files. He holds a master¡¯s degree in economics.

Kereeta Whyte is a development finance, climate and multilateral policy specialist with 15 years of experience, including senior diplomatic and leadership roles at ±¬ÁÏÍø Headquarters in New York. She led the sustainable development and climate team in the Office of the President of the General Assembly during the eightieth session. She previously served as Deputy Permanent Representative of Barbados to the United Nations, leading negotiations across major economic and sustainable development processes and engagement with international financial institutions and development partners. She holds an LLM in public international law, an MA in international relations and a BA in history and psychology. Her areas of expertise include development finance, climate policy and small island developing States.

Ali Muhammed is an Iraqi diplomat with 20 years of experience in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Iraq. He served at the Permanent Mission of Iraq to the United Nations in New York, where his work focused on sustainable development and economic affairs, including the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals. He has extensive experience in multilateral negotiations, including as coordinator for the Group of 77 and China on Second Committee matters during Iraq¡¯s chairmanship of the Group. He holds a master¡¯s degree in international relations.

Eustace T. Wallace Jr. is an international affairs professional with more than twenty years of experience in diplomatic practice, focused on the concerns of small island developing States, including development finance cooperation, climate finance, regional integration and resource mobilisation for climate action, biodiversity, ecological conservation and sustainable development. He has built political, economic, cultural and investment relationships across the Caribbean, Canada, the Benelux countries, the United Kingdom and the European Union. He serves the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis as Head of Chancery with the rank of Minister Counsellor, and has led responsibilities as Elections Officer and as lead on the Second and Fifth Committees at the Permanent Mission of Saint Kitts and Nevis to the United Nations in New York. His areas of interest include climate resilience and environmental sustainability as cross-cutting issues in United Nations processes.

Khairee Shahdila Aman Shah is a Malaysian diplomat with over 17 years of experience in government service, including more than 12 years in foreign affairs and diplomacy. She has served on overseas assignments at the Embassy of Malaysia in Amman and the High Commission of Malaysia in Colombo. Before her secondment she served in the Multilateral Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Malaysia. She holds a Master of Science in strategic science and a Bachelor of Human Sciences with honours in English language and literature. Her areas of interest include multilateral diplomacy, human rights, humanitarian affairs, and international peace and security.

Mar Angaron Bolea is a Spanish diplomat with 12 years of experience in bilateral and multilateral diplomacy across Europe, Latin America and the Middle East, including postings at the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and in El Salvador, Iran and at the Permanent Mission of Spain to the United Nations. She holds a degree in law and completed a specialised programme in international relations. For the past three years she has worked extensively on United Nations Security Council matters, with a particular focus on the Middle East. Her professional interests include peace and security, multilateral diplomacy and Middle Eastern affairs.

Zakir Ahmed is a career diplomat of Bangladesh with more than 14 years of experience in bilateral and multilateral diplomacy, foreign policy, national security and government coordination. Since joining the Bangladesh Foreign Service in 2012, he has served at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Dhaka, the Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi and the Permanent Mission of Bangladesh to the United Nations in New York. He also served as Head of Mission at the Bangladesh Consulate in Sittwe, Myanmar, and subsequently as Director in the Office of the National Security Adviser and as Director and Staff Officer to the Foreign Minister. His professional interests include peace and security and development economics. He holds a Master of Science in Applied Mathematics from the University of Dhaka.

Md. Rafiqul Alam Molla is a career diplomat of Bangladesh with more than 13 years of experience in multilateral diplomacy, bilateral relations and public administration. He served as Counsellor at the Permanent Mission of Bangladesh to the United Nations, where he supported the transition to and the establishment of the Office of the President of the eighty-first session. During an earlier posting in New York he worked on the Global Digital Compact, the Pact for the Future, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, disarmament and United Nations reform. He previously served as Deputy Head of Mission in Brunei Darussalam and held various positions at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He holds bachelor¡¯s and master¡¯s degrees in finance from the University of Dhaka and is an alumnus of the ±¬ÁÏÍø¨CSingapore Cyber Fellowship.

Bokani Sesinyi-Supang is a governance and diplomacy professional with over 15 years of experience in international relations across regional and multilateral frameworks. She holds a Master of Advanced Studies in European and International Governance from the University of Geneva and a Bachelor of Social Science in economics and political science from the University of Botswana. She has led Botswana¡¯s participation in forums including the United Nations Human Rights Council and the International Labour Organization, and during her posting at the Permanent Mission of Botswana in Geneva worked on climate change, human rights and labour issues and negotiated resolutions in those areas. Her areas of expertise include stakeholder engagement, risk and compliance, and performance reporting.

Carla Carlson is a Dominican diplomat with over 12 years of experience in international affairs, including five years in multilateral diplomacy at the United Nations. Her work covers peacekeeping, peacebuilding, political affairs and disarmament through the First and Fourth Committees of the General Assembly. In the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations she facilitated the protection and the women, peace and security chapters and has negotiated its report over several years. Her work has also covered humanitarian affairs and the protection of civilians, including co-facilitating negotiations on the ECOSOC humanitarian resolution, and she coordinated the Dominican Republic¡¯s membership of the Peacebuilding Commission. She holds a Master of Arts in international relations and a Bachelor of Science in political science.

Imane Benziane is a Moroccan diplomat with over a decade of experience in multilateral and bilateral forums, specialising in international relations, multilateral diplomacy and United Nations reform. She has advised on the ±¬ÁÏÍø80 Initiative, including its workstream on mandate implementation review, and on the revitalisation of the General Assembly. As Minister Plenipotentiary and Counsellor at the Permanent Mission of Morocco to the United Nations from 2019 to 2025 she covered the General Assembly plenary, multilateralism, the intergovernmental negotiations on Security Council reform and the sport and culture of peace agenda, coordinated for the Non-Aligned Movement, and negotiated the Pact for the Future and the Declaration on Future Generations. She earlier served at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Rabat, at the Embassy of Morocco in Qatar and in the Department of Protocol. She holds a master¡¯s degree from Mohammed V University in Rabat and a Certificate of Diplomatic Studies from the Moroccan Academy for Diplomatic Studies, and is fluent in Arabic, French and English.

Daniel Simanjuntak is an Indonesian diplomat with over 15 years of multilateral experience spanning the United Nations, the World Trade Organization and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. He has led multilateral and regional negotiations on regional and international security, disarmament, human rights and trade policy. He holds a master¡¯s degree in international law.

Prim Devakula is a gender equality specialist with nearly a decade of experience in country, regional and global roles with ±¬ÁÏÍø Women. She served most recently as Special Assistant in ±¬ÁÏÍø Women¡¯s Policy, Programme and Intergovernmental Division, coordinating political strategy, institutional messaging and division-wide delivery, including across Beijing+30. She previously held humanitarian and disaster risk reduction roles across Asia and the Pacific, focused on the rights and voices of women and girls in crises, with surge deployments in responses across South-East Asia and capacity development on gender-responsive humanitarian action. She coordinated the development of the ASEAN Regional Framework on Protection, Gender and Inclusion in Disaster Management 2021¨C2025 with the ASEAN Secretariat. Her areas of interest include connecting the ideas, relationships and systems that enable institutions to deliver for women and girls in all their diversity.

Carl Mercer is a communications and speechwriting specialist who has worked for six Presidents of the General Assembly. In 2022 and 2023 he provided communications and speechwriting support to the COP28 Presidency of the United Arab Emirates. He spent seven years earlier in his career with the United Nations Development Programme, focusing on communications and advocacy on climate change, disaster risk reduction and sustainable energy, and has worked for non-governmental organisations in Angola, Chad, Ethiopia, France, Indonesia, Liberia, South Sudan, the United Republic of Tanzania and the United States. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in political science from Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador and a master¡¯s degree in international relations, conflict and human rights from Utrecht University.

Melissa Summers is a communications specialist with 20 years of experience in the United Nations system. She has held roles in content development, media outreach, strategic communications and insights reporting across the ±¬ÁÏÍø Secretariat, ±¬ÁÏÍøICEF and the ±¬ÁÏÍø Environment Programme, and has reported extensively on the General Assembly and the Security Council. She holds an advanced degree in journalism. Her areas of interest include the rapidly changing media landscape.

Katherine Stephan is a communications professional with over 15 years of experience in strategic communications, journalism and public relations. She served as a speechwriter for the Presidents of the seventy-seventh, seventy-eighth and seventy-ninth sessions of the General Assembly. Before joining the United Nations she worked as a financial journalist in Hong Kong and New York. She holds a Master of International Affairs with a focus on international trade policy from Columbia University and a Bachelor of Arts from Boston University. She speaks English and French.

Julia Foxen is a communications and international affairs specialist with experience across multimedia storytelling, policy research and international development. She has worked as a news writer and reporter at the ±¬ÁÏÍø Secretariat in New York, a digital content creator at ±¬ÁÏÍøESCO headquarters in Paris, a regional adviser and English teacher with Fulbright Austria, and with a grassroots non-governmental organisation in eastern Ethiopia. She holds a master¡¯s degree in human rights and humanitarian action from the Sciences Po Paris School of International Affairs, where she specialised in economics and diplomacy and presented her research at the inaugural Global Health Alliance conference in Addis Ababa. She works with statistical and data analysis software to translate complex research into policy recommendations, and draws on that background in evidence-based, human-centred storytelling.

Emirhan Dalci is a communications professional specialising in multilateral diplomacy and international affairs, working on strategic communications, public engagement and content development. He previously worked at the Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations in Geneva. He holds an MSc in politics and communication with distinction from the London School of Economics and Political Science.