Juan José Gómez Camacho (born October 6, 1964) is a Mexican diplomat. He was appointed as Permanent Representative of Mexico to the

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in New York in February 2016. He served as ambassador (2019 to 2022) to Canada prior to joining

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as a Senior Fellow for the Foreign Policy Institute (SAIS). Some of his major achievements include the conclusion of breakthrough international agreements on emerging global health challenges (Pandemic Influenza and Antimicrobial Resistance); the adoption of the

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and the successful negotiation of the framework of the new

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between Mexico and the

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. He has represented Mexico in numerous international negotiations on an array of bilateral, regional and multilateral issues over the years. He has written and co-authored a considerable number of articles on general subjects ranging from International Law and Human Rights to Mexico’s foreign relations and policy. Other more specific topics include the challenges of global public health. A career diplomat, Gómez-Camacho joined the Mexican Foreign Service in 1988. Since then, he has held different positions both within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and overseas.

Education

Gómez Camacho studied law at

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and holds a master's degree in

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from

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Diplomatic career

Camacho joined the Mexican Foreign Service in 1988. At the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, among other positions, he worked as Director General for Human Rights and Democracy (December 2000 to December 2005), where he implemented the modernization of Mexico’s foreign policy in the fields of human rights and democracy, and served as Mexico’s attorney of record on international human rights litigation. He was in charge of the legal affairs at the Mexican Embassy in the United Kingdom. In the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as Director General for Human Rights and Democracy, he was responsible of the Mexican foreign policy in such issues, as well as Mexico's attorney for international disputes, among other positions. He served as Ambassador to the Republic of

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, the Union of

Myanmar Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as Burma (the official English name until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has ...

and the Sultanate of

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Darussalam from 2006 to 2009. From August 2009 until December 2013 he was appointed Permanent Representative of Mexico to the

and other international organizations based in Geneva, Switzerland. In December 2013, he was appointed Ambassador of Mexico to the

and the Ambassador of Mexico to

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and

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. From 2013 to 2016 he served in that capacity, until his appointment as Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the

in New York. During his posting as the permanent representative of Mexico to the UN and other International Organizations in Geneva he had a prominent role in "landmark agreements" and multilateral negotiations such as the

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Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Framework ( PIP),

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to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons who are Blind, Visually Impaired, or otherwise Print Disabled and the creation of the first special procedure within the UN

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on the elimination of discrimination against women in law and practice. Camacho was appointed Mexican ambassador to Canada in 2019. He resigned from the post in May 2022 to take up a professorship at the

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. Currently he is a Senior Fellow at the Foreign Policy Institute (SAIS), and a member of the teaching faculty there. At SAIS, he teaches courses on global diplomatic challenges, and North American integration.

References

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