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Maritza Chan Valverde | |
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Maritza Chan Valverde
[edit]Maritza Chan is a Costa Rican diplomat who serves as Permanent Representative of Costa Rica to the United Nations in New York.[1]. She is the first woman to hold this position since Costa Rica became a signatory member of the UN in 1945[2][3].
Early life and education
[edit]Maritza Chan Valverde was born in Costa Rica. She earned a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from the University of Costa Rica and a Master’s degree in Latin American Studies and Government from Georgetown University[2].
Diplomatic career
[edit]Early career and foreign postings (1998–2015)
From 1998 to 2002, Chan Valverde served as a senior speechwriter for the President of Costa Rica[4].
Chan Valverde joined Costa Rica's diplomatic service in May 2002 with her appointment to the Embassy of Costa Rica in Washington, D.C., where she served until 2005[5]. She subsequently was assigned to Costa Rica's Permanent Mission to the Organization of American States (OAS) from 2005 to 2009[6].
From 2010 to 2015, Chan-Valverde was posted to Costa Rica's Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York[7]. During this period, she served as Costa Rica's lead negotiator during United Nations Conference on the Arms TradeTreaty[8].
Permanent Mission to the United Nations (2020–present)
UN Careers
Deputy and Permanent Representative: In March 2020, Chan was appointed as the Deputy Permanent Representative of Costa Rica to the United Nations[9]. She became Permanent Representative of Costa Rica to the United Nations in New York, on 15 August 2022.
Leadership roles (2022-2023): In 2022, Chan presided over the Executive Board of UNICEF[10], during which she led the first Executive Board Bureau field visit since the COVID-19 pandemic, conducted in Thailand[11]. From late 2022 to 2023, she served as Vice Chair of the Open-Ended Working Group on Conventional Ammunition[12]. In 2023, she was Vice-President of the Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), and the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS)[13].
First Committee leadership: In June 2024, Chan was elected Chair of the United Nations First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) for the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly, becoming the first female Permanent Representative to chair the United Nations First Committee[14][15]. Under her leadership, the First Committee's 2024 session adopted 77 resolutions on disarmament and international security issues[16].
Small arms conference: Also in June 2024, Chan presided over the Fourth Review Conference of the United Nations Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat, and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects, which concluded with the adoption of a substantive outcome document by consensus[17]. UN Secretary-General António Guterres noted the outcome as advancing efforts to address the illicit trade in small arms[18].
Artificial intelligence governance: In 2024, Chan was appointed Co-Facilitator, alongside Héctor Gómez (Spain's Permanent Representative)[19], of intergovernmental consultations on the establishment and functioning of the Independent International Scientific Panel on Artificial Intelligence and the Global Dialogue on Artificial Intelligence Governance[20][21].
ECOSOC and Commission on the Status of Women: In 2025, Chan was elected Vice-President of ECOSOC[22], where she led the issuance of a Call to Action during the ECOSOC Humanitarian Affairs Segment to mobilize international support for global solidarity and humanitarian funding[22]. She served as Vice President of the Bureau of the 69th session of the Commission on the Status of Women[23] and co-led negotiations of the Political Declaration marking the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action[24]. In March 2025, she was elected President[25] of the 70th session of the Commission on the Status of Women[26][27].
Awards and honors
[edit]The United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC) has honored her twice, in 2014 and 2021, as one of the “leading agents of change” in the region for arms control, disarmament, and non-proliferation. [15]
In 2021, the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation featured her in The Art of Leadership in the United Nations blog series, recognizing her efforts to challenge the status quo of UN leadership and champion the cause of a woman Secretary-General[28]
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- ^ "Concluding Session, Commission on Status of Women Adopts Declaration Urging Full, Accelerated Implementation of Beijing Declaration, Platform for Action | Meetings Coverage and Press Releases". press.un.org. Retrieved 2025-07-11.
- ^ "Eighty years of uninterrupted male leadership at the UN is not an accident or a coincidence; it is intentional". www.daghammarskjold.se. Retrieved 2025-07-11.