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Dr. ALVARO TIRADO-MEJIA
(curriculum-vitae)
PERSONAL
Place of Birth:
Medellín, Colombia
Date of Birth:
December 10, 1940
Address:
Calle 79 No. 8-04- Ap. 201
Edificio Santamaria
Bogota, Colombia
Fax 57-1-2885508
Tel. 57-1-2552359 and 6006536
e-mail: alvarotirado@hotmail.comEDUCATION
UNIVERSITY Law and Political Science Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín
1960-64, Degree in 1968
Doctorate in History
Université de Paris I Degree: PhD in History Tres Bien mention, 1975
Post-graduate studies in Agricultural
Development and Planning I.E.D.E.S., Paris.1975
EXPERIENCEConsultant to the United Nations, UNDP Project, Colombia. May 1998 to date.
Colombian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Swiss Confederation.
May 1992-January 1995.President of the OAS Inter-American Human Rights Commission for the 1995 period and Member of the Commission for the period 1992-1995, elected by the OAS General Assembly in Santiago, Chile, June 1991.
Re-elected for the period 1996-1999 by the OAS General Assembly in Port of Prince, Haiti, June 1995.Executive Director of the Fundación Santillana for Latin America, Bogota, June 1989-May1992
Consultant to the United Nations, UNDP Project for Honduras and Guatemala in Human Rights issues. July, 1991.
Consultant to the United Nations, UNDP Projects, Colombia. May-August 1990.
Presidential Consultant for Human Rights Defense, Protection and Promotion in Colombia. November 1987-May 1989.
Liberal Party International Relations Secretary in 1982, in 1990 and in 1995.
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCEProfessor at the Universidad Autónoma Lationoamericana. Medellín. 1966-1968
Dean of the Sociology Faculty, Universidad Autónoma Lationamericana, Medellìn, 1968
Professor at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Since 1968.
Dean of the Human Sciences Faculty, Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Medellín, 1976.
Vice-Rector of the Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Medellín Campus. 1976-1977.
Senior Professor, Universidad Nacional de Colombia. 1981.
Professor Emeritus, Universidad Nacional de Colombia. 1986
Director of the Extension Cultural Publication, Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Medellín Campus. 1981-1987.
Professor of the Political Science Department, Universidad de los Andes. Bogota, 1989-1990.
Researcher in the International Relations and Political Studies Institute, Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Bogota. Since 1989.
Seminar on "Colombian Novel on Violence" in the Romantic Languages Institute in the University of Berne, Switzerland, 1994.
Senior Visitor, St. Anthony´s College, Oxford University, England. July-August 1994.
Honorary Professor, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, 1995.
LECTURESLatinamerican Studies Institute, Berlin Free University, Federal German Republic.
Stockholm University, Sweden.
University of Paris VIII, France
Aarhus University, Denmark.
Universidad Central del Ecuador, Quito.
Duke University, North Carolina, United States.
Florida University, United States.
University of Miami, United States.
Library of Congress: Hispanic Division, Washington, United States.
OTHER ACTIVITIESMember of the Standing Committee for Human Rights Defense in Colombia. 1979 to date.
Member of the Peace Talks Commission for peace with the M-19 and EPL, appointed by the National Government. 1984.
Personal Guest of Mr. Julio M. Sanguinetti for his inauguration as President of the Uruguyan Republic, 1985.
Member of the Colombian Delegation to the XL Ordinary Sessions of the United Nations General Assembly, as Plenipotentiary Minister, 1985.
Member of the National Committee for the Organization of the 45th International Congress of Americanists, held in Bogota in 1985.
Member of the Jury in the Simon Bolivar National Journalism Awards. 1987,1988,1989 and 1990.
Colombian Representative to the XLIV period of sessions of the United Nations Human Rights Commission, as Ambassador on Special Mission to Geneva, Switzerland, 1988.
Ambassador on Special Mission to represent the Colombian Government in the Inter-American Human Rights Commission, Washington, March and September 1988.
Ambassador on Special Mission to assist in the implementation of cooperation mechanisms with the Canadian government in Human Rights. May 1988, Canada.
Ambassador on Special Mission to present Colombia´s report before the United Nations Commission for the Political and Civilian Rights Agreement, Geneva, Switzerland. July 1988.
Colombian Representative to the XVIII ordinary period of sessions of the Organization of American States General Assembly, San Salvador, El Salvador, November 1988, as Ambassador on Special Mission .
Ambassador on Special Mission to attend the XLIII Ordinary Sessions of the United Nations General Assembly, New York, United States. November-December 1988.
Alternate Ambassador representing Colombia in the XLV period of sessions of the United Nations Human Rights Commission, Geneva, Switzerland. February-March 1989.
Member of the Official Commission, acting as Ambassador on Special Mission , representing the President of Colombia at the inauguration of the President of Chile, Patricio Aylwin. 1990
Member of the Official Commission accompanying the President of Colombia, Virgilio Barco, in an official visit to the Republic of Chile. June 1990.
Ambassador on Special Mission to attend the XLV Ordinary Sessions of the United Nations General Assembly, New York, United States- November- December, 1990.
Ambassador on Special Mission , as a Member of the Colombian Delegation, to attend the XXI ordinary period of sessions of the Organization of American States General Assembly in Santiago, Chile. June 1991.
Participant as Member of the Inter-American Human Rights Commission in the XXIII ordinary period of sessions of the OAS General Assembly in the Bahamas. May 1992.
Participant, as Member of the Inter-American Human Rights Commission, in the Conference relating to regional systems for Human Rights protection in Africa, America and Europe. Strasbourg, France. June 15-19, 1992.
Member of the Colombian Delegation, as Ambassador on Special Mission, Latin America and the Caribbean regional meeting in Costa Rica, in preparation for the World Conference on Human Rights. January 1993.
Participant, as member of the Inter-American Human Rights Commission, in the United Nations World Conference on Human Rights, held in Vienna, June 14-25, 1993.
Participant, as a Member of the Inter-American Human Rights Commission, to the XXIII period of ordinary sessions of the OAS General Assembly, Belem do Para, Brazil. June 1994.
Participant, as President of the Inter-American Human Rights Commission, in the XXV period of ordinary sessions of the OAS General Assembly in Port of Prince, Haiti, in June 1995, to present the Commission´s Report before the General Assembly Political and Legal Affairs Commission and to present the report on Haiti before the ad-hoc meeting of the hemisphere Foreign Ministers
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Member of the Colombian Commission created by the Colombian government to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the OAS, as Secretary of the Commission. 1997.Feature writer for the Espectador newspaper, Bogota. Since 1998.
Ambassador on Special Mission to attend as Member of the Colombian Delegation to the XXX period of sessions of the OAS General Assembly, held in Windsor, Canada, June 3 to 7, 2000.
Ambassador on Special Mission to attend the LV United Nations General Assembly. New York, September-October, 2000.
Ambassador on Special Mission, as Member of the Colombian Delegation, to attend the XXXI period of sessions of the OAS General Assembly in San José de Costa Rica, June 3-6,2001.
SEMINARS AND INTERNATIONAL CONGESSES
France and the Third World. Paris VIII University. 1979
Politics, Democracy and Development in Latin America in the 1980´s. Guayaquil, Ecuador, 1982.
Latin America´s foreign debt. Latin American Economic Conference (LAEC). Santa Cruz, Bolivia, 1983.
Alternative Economic Strategies for Central America and the implications for U.S. policy. John Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies, Washington D.C., May 1984.
The Colombian Constitution: A Centennial Retrospective. The Florida International University. April 1987.
Delegate of the Colombian Liberal Party to the COPPAL Coordination Meeting (Permanent Conference of Political Parties in Latin America). Bogota. May 1987.
Delegate of the Colombian Liberal Party and keynote speaker for the FELICIA First International Seminar (Central America and the Caribbean Liberal Federation), on the issue: "Central America, Democracy or War." San Salvador, June 1987.
Delegate of the Colombian Liberal party to the Social-Democrat Meeting: "Solidarity for Peace". Ciudad de Guatemala. October 29-November 1, 1987.
Colombian Government Delegate to the Regional Conference on Extreme Poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean. Cartagena, Colombia. August 1988.
Keynote speaker in the UNESCO and Andean Parliament Human Rights Seminar. Caracas, Venezuela, October 1988.
Delegate of the Colombian Liberal Party to the International Socialist Meeting held in Stockholm, Sweden. July 1989.
Delegate of the Colombian Liberal Party to the International Socialist Meeting held in New York. October 1990.
Delegate of the Colombian Liberal Party to the International Socialist Meeting held in Istanbul, Turkey. June 1991.
World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland. January 1993.
PUBLICATIONSBOOKS
1) Introducción a la Historia Económica de Colombia. First Ed: Universidad Nacional de Colombia, 1971. (20 editions).
2) Colombia en la Repartición Imperialista. 1870-1914. Medellín, ed.l Hombre Nuevo. 1976. (2 editions).
3) Aspectos Sociales de las Guerras Civiles en Colombia. Bogotá. Ediciones Colcultura. 1977. Reedited in Colección de Autores Antioqueños. Gobernación de Antioquia, Medellín, 1996.
4) Reportajes sobre el Socialismo Heterodoxo. Bogotá. Editorial la Carreta. 1978.
5) Aspectos Políticos del primer Gobierno de Alfonso López Pumarejo. 1914-1918. Bogotá, Procultura. 1981. Reedited by la Beneficencia de Antioquia. Medellín, 1986, and by Planeta, Bogotá, 1995.
6) Antología del Pensamiento Liberal Colombiano. Medellín, Libros El Mundo. 1982.
7) La Reforma Constitucional de 1936. Bogotá, Editorial Oveja Negra. 1982. Enlarged 2-volume edition in Colección Pensadores Políticos Colombianos, de la Cámara de Representantes. 1985.
8) Descentralización y Centralismo en Colombia. Bogotá, Editorial Oveja Negra. 1984.
9) El Pensamiento de Alfonso López Pumarejo. Bogotá, Banco Popular. 1986.
10) Hacia una Concepción Global de los Derechos Humanos. Bogotá, CEREC.1990.
11) Sobre Historia y Literatura. Fundación Simón y Lola Guberek. Bogotá. 1991.
12) Integración y democracia en América Latina y el Caribe. Buenos Aires, Instituto para la Integración de América Latina y el Caribe -INTAL-, 1997.
13) Colombia en la OEA. Santafé de Bogotá, Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, 1998 (English version: The O.A.S. and Colombia. Santafé de Bogotá, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1998)
COAUTHORSHIPS:1) Colombia Hoy. Bogotá. Editorial Siglo XXI. 1978. (12 editions).
2) Manual de Historia de Colombia. Bogotá. Colcultura. 1980. (4 editions).
3) Estado y Economía. 50 años de la Reforma del 36. Bogotá. Contraloría General de la República. 1986.
4) Director Científico de: Nueva Historia de Colombia. 8 Tomos. Bogotá. Planeta. 1989. 3 further vols, 1998.
5) Colombia en la ONU: 1945-1995. Bogotá, Impresiones OP Gráficas. 1995.
6) Colombia Contemporánea. Bogotá, IEPRI-ECOE Ediciones, 1996.
7) Colombia: una nueva sociedad en un mundo nuevo. Informe de la Comisión de Análisis y Recomendaciones sobre las Relaciones entre Colombia y los Estados Unidos. Análisis Político. Bogotá, Instituto de Estudios Políticos y Relaciones Internacionales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, July 1997.
8) Colombia: the Politics of Reforming the State. London, Institute of Latin American Studies, Macmillan, 1998
9) Editor de: Visiones de la OEA; 50 años: 1948-1998. Santafé de Bogotá, Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, 1998
10) Director de Investigación: Análisis Comparativo de Modelos de Gobierno de Grandes Ciudades: Recomendaciones en torno al modelo de gobierno de Bogotá, D.C. Bogotá, Alcaldía Mayor y Universidad Externado de Colombia, 2001.
AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS
Candidate for Magistrate of the Constitutional Court in the groups selected by the President of the Republic, submitted to the Senate in November 2000.
Member of the Legion of Honor of the Republic of France. Rank: Officer. March 1990.
