Thérèse Paquet-Sévigny is a
Canadian diplomat who, in 1987, was the first woman permanently appointed as an
Under-Secretary-General in the
United Nations. She was head of the
Department of Public Information
The United Nations Department of Global Communications (DGC) (previously named the United Nations Department of Public Information) is a department of the Secretariat of the United Nations. It is tasked with raising public awareness and support o ...
. She has also been the Secretary General and Senior Advisor to
Orbicom, the International Network of
UNESCO Chairs in Communications.
Paquet-Sévigny was previously a vice-president of communications with the
CBC. She has taught at the
University of Montreal and was head of the
UNESCO chair in International Development and Communication at the
Université du Québec à Montréal.
References
External links
The 1989 Southam Lecture
Canadian diplomats
Living people
Canadian women diplomats
UNESCO officials
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation people
Canadian officials of the United Nations
Year of birth missing (living people)
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