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Place of Birth: Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco, Mexico
About Luis Alfonso de Alba
- Luis Alfonso de Alba Góngora is a Mexican diplomat.
- De Alba has been a diplomat since 1983 and was first appointed Ambassador on December 2001.
- Over the course of his career, he has participated in numerous multilateral meetings, both at the global and regional levels, which has allowed him to gain substantive knowledge on the work and functioning of multilateral organizations, particularly those of the United Nations.
- In these fora, he has actively pursued the advancement of human rights, humanitarian issues and the rule of law, disarmament, the fight against climate change, and the promotion of development, including through the strengthening and improvement of the relevant international mechanisms. In 2018, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres appointed De Alba as his Special Envoy for the 2019 Climate Summit; in this capacity, he is to work closely with Robert C.
- Orr, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Climate Change; Peter Thomson, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Ocean; and Michael Bloomberg, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Climate Action.
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