Walton Alfonso Webson is an
Antiguan diplomat. He has served as the
Permanent Representative to the United Nations
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in New York of Antigua and Barbuda since 2014.
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United Nations
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He is President of the
UNICEF
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Executive Board at the international level in 2017.
He holds a Bachelor of Science degree and a Master of Science in
management
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Management includes the activities o ...
of non-profit organizations from
The New School for Social Research
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and a PhD in management from
Case Western Reserve University
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. He worked for
Perkins International from 1992 to 2014, and was the organization's Director from 2011.
References
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Antigua and Barbuda diplomats
Chairmen and Presidents of UNICEF
Antigua and Barbuda officials of the United Nations
Permanent Representatives of Antigua and Barbuda to the United Nations
The New School alumni
Case Western Reserve University alumni