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PRESS: NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF PERU
Ricardo V. Luna, the new Permanent Representative of Peru to the United
Nations, presented his credentials today to Secretary-General Javier Perez de
Cuellar.
Mr. Luna has served since 1987 as Under-Secretary for Multilateral Policy
in his country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 1987 he represented Peru in
the International Commission of Verification and Follow-up to the Esquipulas
II Agreement. Mr. Luna has also served as co-ordinator for Peru in the
Permanent Mechanism of Co-ordination and Consultation (Group of Eight).
Since his entry into the diplomatic service in 1967, Mr. Luna has held a
number of posts, including Third Secretary in the Foreign Ministry's Division
of Economic Affairs (1967); Third Secretary of the Peruvian Embassy in the
United Kingdom (1968-1970); Second Secretary in the Peruvian Embassy in Israel
(1970-1971); and First Secretary in the Permanent Mission of Peru to the
United Nations Office at Geneva.
From 1975 to 1977, Mr. Luna was head of the United Nations Department in
his country's Foreign Ministry and served as Counsellor in the Peruvian
Embassy in the United States in 1978. He held the posts of Chef du Cabinet of
the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Peru in 1979, Minister Counsellor in
Peru's Mission to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO) in 1980, Minister Counsellor in the Peruvian Embassy in
Ecuador in 1982 and Minister in the Permanent Mission of Peru to the United
Nations in 1984.
Born in Lima in 1940, Mr. Luna received a Bachelor of Arts degree from
Princeton University in 1962 and a Master's degree in international affairs
from Columbia University in 1964. He received a further degree in
international relations from the Diplomatic Academy of Peru in 1966 and was a
fellow of the Center for International Affairs at Harvard University from 1980
to 1981.
Among his academic honours, Mr. Luna was a member of the Royal Institute
of International Affairs Latin American Seminar in London from 1968 to 1970
and from 1974 to 1975. He was a member of the Institut des Hautes Etudes
Internationales Strategic Studies Seminar in Geneva from 1973 to 1974 and was
a founding member of the Peruvian Center for International Studies. He is
also a member of the Peruvian Society of International Law.
Mr. Luna was a professor of international organizations at the Diplomatic
Academy and Air Force Academy of Peru in 1976, and at the Naval War Academy of
Peru in 1977.
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