Sandra Honoré is a

Trinidadian and Tobagonian Trinidad and Tobago, officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is the southernmost island country in the Caribbean, comprising the main islands of Trinidad and Tobago, along with several smaller islets. The capital city is Port of Spai ...

diplomat who served as the

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special representative and head of the

United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti The United Nations Stabilisation Mission in Haiti (), also known as MINUSTAH, an acronym of its French name, was a UN peacekeeping mission in Haiti from 2004 to 2017. It was composed of 2,366 military personnel and 2,533 police, supported by int ...

(MINUSTAH). She was appointed to this position by

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on 31 May 2013. and served until the MINUSTAH's mandate expired on October 15, 2017. In 2000-2005, she was chief of staff to the assistant secretary general of the

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(OAS).

Biography

Born in

Tunapuna Tunapuna is a town in the East–West Corridor of the island of Trinidad, in Trinidad and Tobago. Town Tunapuna is located between St. Augustine, Tacarigua and Trincity. Tunapuna is the largest town between San Juan and Arima. It is an import ...

Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago, officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is the southernmost island country in the Caribbean, comprising the main islands of Trinidad and Tobago, along with several List of islands of Trinidad and Tobago, smaller i ...

, in 1955, she is married and has one child. After graduating in modern languages from Besançon and Bordeaux Universities (

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) and obtaining diplomas in international relations from the

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(

) and in Conference Interpretation from the Polytechnic of Central

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, Honoré served the government of Trinidad and Tobago in many capacities, including service in embassies in Brazil and in the United States of America. She was ambassador to Costa Rica until August 2012, with concurrent accreditation to Guatemala and Panama, and held a number of positions in the Foreign Service, including chief of protocol of the Foreign Ministry in 2007 and director of the Caribbean Community ( CARICOM) and Caribbean Affairs Division in 2005. She was also special assistant to the chief of the OAS Electoral Observation Mission to Haiti from 1995 to 1996.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Honore, Sandra Trinidad and Tobago officials of the United Nations Living people 1955 births Alumni of the Polytechnic of Central London