{"id":189,"date":"2015-11-10T21:42:15","date_gmt":"2015-11-11T02:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unmissionny.smom.rc.77test.co.uk\/news\/new-permanent-observer-of-sovereign-military-order-of-malta-presents-letter-of-apopintment\/"},"modified":"2022-07-13T06:53:35","modified_gmt":"2022-07-13T11:53:35","slug":"new-permanent-observer-of-sovereign-military-order-of-malta-presents-letter-of-apopintment","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/unmissionny.orderofmalta.int\/en\/news\/new-permanent-observer-of-sovereign-military-order-of-malta-presents-letter-of-apopintment\/","title":{"rendered":"New Permanent Observer of Sovereign Military Order of Malta Presents Letter of Apopintment"},"featured_media":190,"menu_order":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-189","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","news_categories-news"],"acf":{"focus_on":"no","breaking":"no","news_cover":{"id":190,"url":"https:\/\/unmissionny.orderofmalta.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2022\/06\/Letter-of-Appointment-scaled-1.jpeg"},"news_content":"<p class=\"rtecenter\">(Based on information provided by the Protocol and Liaison Service)<\/p>\n<p>The new Permanent Observer of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta to the United Nations, Oscar R. de Rojas, presented his letter of appointment to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to his appointment, Mr.\u00a0de Rojas taught courses in International Development and United Nations studies at Long Island University in Brookville, New York, and served as Deputy Permanent Observer of the Order of Malta.<\/p>\n<p>From 1999 until his retirement in 2009, Mr. de Rojas served as Director of the Financing for Development Office in the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs.\u00a0 He served in the Venezuelan Foreign and Civil Services from 1972 to 1999.\u00a0 From 1995 until 1999, he was the Deputy Permanent Representative of Venezuela to the United Nations in New York and that country\u2019s Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva from 1987 to 1990.\u00a0 Other senior-level posts he held include:\u00a0 Director-General for International Economic Affairs at Venezuela\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Caracas, from 1990 to 1992; Director for International Cooperation from 1980 to 1983; and Counsellor in Venezuela\u2019s Embassy in Paris, France from 1975 to 1977.<\/p>\n<p>Mr.\u00a0de Rojas holds a bachelor\u2019s degree in engineering and master\u2019s degrees in economics and in international affairs from Columbia University in New York, and a certificate in international economics from the Institut International d\u2019Administration in Paris.<\/p>\n<p>Born in Cuba in 1947, Mr.\u00a0de Rojas is married with two children<\/p>\n","news_gallery":"no","news_excerpt":"The new Permanent Observer of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta to the United Nations, Oscar R. de Rojas, presented his letter of appointment to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today.","evidence":"no"},"news_categories":[{"id":21,"name":"News","slug":"news","description":"","link":"https:\/\/unmissionny.orderofmalta.int\/en\/news-categories\/news\/"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unmissionny.orderofmalta.int\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/notizie\/189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unmissionny.orderofmalta.int\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/notizie"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unmissionny.orderofmalta.int\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/unmissionny.orderofmalta.int\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/notizie\/189\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unmissionny.orderofmalta.int\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unmissionny.orderofmalta.int\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}