Английская Википедия:Elisabeth Tichy-Fisslberger
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Expand German Шаблон:Infobox person Elisabeth Tichy-Fisslberger, or Elisabeth Fisslberger, (born 1957) is an Austrian lawyer, translator and diplomat who was the first Austrian to serve as president of the United Nations Human Rights Council for 2020.
Early life and education
Tichy-Fisslberger was born in Vienna in 1957. She studied law at the University of Vienna whilst also studying French and Spanish translation. She gained a scholarship to study in Belgium at the Université catholique de Louvain.[1]
Career
Tichy-Fisslberger was elected chair of the United Nations Human Rights Council in December 2019 to serve in 2020.[2] The Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Alexander Schallenberg, noted that her appointment was a recognition of her country's human rights efforts. She was the first Austrian to hold this position in the United Nations.[3] She took over the position from Coly Seck of Senegal who had held the position in 2019.[4] Her vice-presidents were Ambassadors Nasir Ahmad Andisha of Afghanistan, Togo's Yackoley Kokou Johnson, Mexico's Socorro Flores Liera and Slovakia's Juraj Podhorsky.[4]
Other activities
- International Gender Champions (IGC), Member[5]
References
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Nick Cumming-Bruce (November 29, 2020), Leadership of U.N. Human Rights Body Becomes Proxy Battle for World Powers New York Times.
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ 4,0 4,1 Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Members International Gender Champions (IGC).
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