Curriculum
Vitae
Ambassador Ronaldo Mota Sardenberg
Permanent
Representative of Brazil to the United Nations
Education
·
Bachelor of
Law, University of Brazil, Rio de Janeiro (1963).
·
Graduate of the
Rio Branco Institute (the Brazilian Foreign Service Academy), Brasilia (1964);
Teaching
Experience
·
Member of the
Board of Examiners for the Advanced Studies Programme (Curso
de Altos Estudos - CAE) at the Rio Branco Institute (1984 and 1996);
·
"International
Relations Theory and International Organisations" (graduate school
programme), University of Brasilia (1977–1978);
·
"International
Relations and Diplomacy", Rio Branco Institute (1976–1977).
Principal
Governmental Positions Held in Brazil
Minister of Science and Technology (1999-2002)
·
Minister
for Special Projects (1999), in charge of nuclear and space policies; issues
involving the Amazon Surveillance System (SIVAM) and the Amazon Protection
System (SIPAM); research on communications security; strategic studies;
preparation of long-term national foresight (Projeto
Brasil 2020); the Northern Amazon Basin Programme (Calha
Norte); the Financial Assistance Program (PAF) for Municipalities within 150
kilometres of the border; and Ecological and Economic Zoning;
·
Secretary
for Strategic Affairs of the Presidency of the Republic (Ministerial-level rank)
(1995 – 1998);
·
Chairman
of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Wood Production (1997);
·
Chairman
of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Bi-oceanic Transport Corridors (1996);
·
Chairman
of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Lands Owned by the Federal Government in
the state of Pará (1996);
·
Special
Secretary for International Bilateral Political and Economic Affairs, Office of
the Minister, Ministry of External Relations (1978–1984);
·
Head
of the Political Planning Team, Ministry of External Relations
(1979‑1984);
·
Political
Planning Co-ordinator, Office of the Secretary General and Member of the
Political Planning Team, Ministry of External Relations (1976–1978)
·
Advisor,
Office of the Secretary-General, Ministry of External Relations
(1974‑1976);
·
Assistant,
Commodities Division, Ministry of External Relations (1965–1967);
·
Assistant,
Economic and Technical Co-operation Division, Ministry of External Relations
(1964–1965).
Overseas
Assignments
·
Permanent
Representative of Brazil to the United Nations (2003-);
·
Permanent
Representative of Brazil to the United Nations (1990–1994);
·
Representative
of Brazil at the U.N. Security Council (1993-1994); President of the U.N.
Security Council (October 1993);
·
Ambassador
to Spain (1989–1990);
·
Ambassador
to the Soviet Union (1985–1989);
·
Chargé
d’Affaires
in Moscow (1982);
·
Second
Secretary, Permanent Mission of Brazil to the United Nations (1970–1973);
·
Second
Secretary, Brazilian Embassy in Washington (1967–1970).
Other
Assignments
·
Head
of the Brazilian Delegation to the XXXI UNESCO General Conference and UNESCO
Round-Table of Ministers of Science on “Bioethics: International
Implications” (Paris, 2001);
·
Head
of the Brazilian Delegation to the Meeting of the Iberoamerican Ministers for
the Information Society (Madrid, 2001);
·
Head
of the Brazilian Delegation to the V (Bonn, 1999), VI (The Hague, 2000, and
Bonn, 2001) and VII (Marrakech, 2001) Conferences of the Parties of the United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change;
·
Head
of the Brazilian Delegation to the Conference of the State Parties to the
Convention on the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (The Hague, 1997);
·
Head
of the Brazilian Delegation to the 4th Ministerial Meeting of the
South Atlantic Zone of Peace and Co-operation (Somerset West,1996);
·
Head
of the Brazilian Delegation to the Sessions of the United Nations Economic and
Social Council (New York, 1990 –1994);
·
Brazilian
Delegate to the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (Rio de
Janeiro, 1992);
·
Head
of the Brazilian Delegation to the 4th Session of the Preparatory
Committee for the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (New
York, 1992);
·
Member
of the Brazilian Delegation or Delegate to eleven sessions of the United Nations
General-Assembly (New York, 1970-74, 1976 and 1990‑94);
·
Member
of the Brazilian Delegation to the Meeting on International Co-operation and
Development (Cancun, 1981);
·
Member
of the Working Group on Remote Earth Sensing by Satellite and the Data
Dissemination Task Force of the Special Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer
Space (New York, 1974);
·
Member
of the Brazilian Delegation to the 14th, 15th and 16th
Sessions of the Special Committee on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (New York,
1970, 1972, and 1973);
·
Member
of the Legal Subcommittee at the 10th Session of the Scientific and
Technical Subcommittee and the 4th Session of the Working Group on
Direct Satellite Transmissions of the Special Committee on the Peaceful Uses of
Outer Space (New York, 1973);
·
Alternate
Brazilian Member of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of the
Deep Ocean Floor and Seabed, Beyond the Limits of National Jurisdiction (New
York, 1972, 1973);
·
Brazilian
Delegate for the Working Group on Remote Earth Sensing by Satellite (New York,
1973);
·
Member
of the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee of the Working Group on Remote
Earth Sensing by Satellite of the Special Committee on the Peaceful Uses of
Outer Space (New York, 1972);
·
Alternate
Brazilian Delegate to the 8th Session of the Scientific and Technical
Subcommittee of the Special Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (New
York, 1971);
·
Member
of the Brazilian Delegation to the Diplomatic Conference for the Negotiation of
the Patent Co-operation Treaty (Washington, 1970).
LECTURES
AND PUBLICATIONS
·
“Preparing
Brazil for the 21st Century”, lecture at the Third Annual Globo-Oxford
Conference, Oxford University, United Kingdom, 2001;
·
“Intellectual
Property and Development: an Instrument for Wealth Creation”, lecture at a
panel of the World Intellectual Property Organisation, III United Nations
Conference on Less-Developed Countries, Brussels, Belgium, 2001;
·
“The National
Policy for Science and Technology”, lecture at the Committee on Science,
Technology, Communications and Informatics of the Brazilian House of
Representatives (Câmara dos Deputados),
Brasilia, Brazil, 2001;
·
“Brazil
2020”, Seminar at the Brazilian Week 2000, Paris, France, 2000;
·
“Brazil 2020:
Strategic Visions for a Desirable Scenario”; Brazil 2020 National Seminar,
Brasilia, Brazil, 1998;
·
“Overcoming
the Inequalities caused by Slavery”, symposium at the Palmares Cultural
Foundation, Brasilia, Brazil, 1998;
·
“Brazilian
Strategic Panorama”, lecture at the IV National Meeting on Strategic Studies,
State University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil, 1998;
·
“Looking
Sideways: the Specifics of South-South Co-operation – Setting a Security
Agenda for the South”, lecture at the South-African Institute of International
Affairs, Pretoria, South-Africa, 1997;
·
“Globalisation
and major trends on the nuclear sector”, Symposium on Globalisation of Nuclear
Activities: Strategies for the next years, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1997;
·
“Brazil on
its way to the 21st century”, lecture at the opening of the III
National Meeting on Strategic Studies, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1996;
·
“Spatial
Activities in the Brazilian Strategic Planning”, lecture at the Council of the
Brazilian Space Agency, Brasilia, Brazil, 1996;
·
“The
Strategic Insertion of Brazil”, lecture at the II National Meeting of
Strategic Studies, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, 1995;
·
“Brazil at
the Presidency of the United Nations Security Council”, in Themes
on Brazilian Foreign Policy II, vol. I, Ed. Paz e Terra, Brazil, 1994;
·
“The
Political Transition in Brazil”, lecture at the Instituto Universitario Ortega
y Gasset, Madrid, Spain, 1990;
·
“The Foreign
Policy of Brazil”, lecture at the Woodrow Wilson International Center,
Washington, USA, 1984;
·
“East-West
Relations and the Third World”, Atlantic Conference, USA, 1982;
·
“Notes on the
North-South Relations and the Brandt Report”; April-June 1981 (in
collaboration with Roberto Abdenur);
·
“Introduction
to the Study of International Relations Theory” (Introdução ao Estudo da Teoria das Relações Internacionais),
published by the University of Brasilia, 1977.
Diplomatic
Service Promotions
Ambassador
-1983
Minister
Counsellor -1978
Counsellor
- 1975
Brazilian
career diplomat since January 20, 1964
Ronaldo
Mota Sardenberg was born in Itú, in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, on the 8th
of October, 1940, and is the son of Irto Sardenberg and Ruth S. da Mota
Sardenberg.