Director
Full name: Pedro Juan Núñez Mosquera
Date of birth: February 23, 1951
Education: Bachelor of Arts in International Relations (1974)
Other studies:
- United Nations Internship Program (1975).
- United Nations Disarmament Fellowship Program (1979).
- Bachelor of Laws (1981).
- Master of Arts degree in National Defense from the National Defense College (1991).
- PhD in Political Sciences (2009)
- Diploma Course on Public Administration (2012)
- Full Professor (2014)
Professional career:
1974-1988: Official at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with a rank of Assistant Specialist; Third, Second and First Degree Specialist; Second and First Secretary and Counsellor successively at the Permanent Missions of Cuba to Geneva and New York.
1988-1991: Deputy Director of the Non-Aligned Countries Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
1992-1994: Director of the Multilateral Affairs Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
1994-1995: Ambassador of Cuba to Zimbabwe and Concurrent Ambassador to Botswana and Mauritius.
1995-1998: Ambassador, Deputy Permanent Representative of Cuba to the United Nations
1998-2000: Director of the Latin American and Caribbean Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
2000-2004: Deputy Foreign Minister. Cuban Coordinator for CELAC, the Ibero-American Summits and the European Union-Latin American and Caribbean Summits.
2004-2009: Cuban Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Brazil.
2009-2012: Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Cuba to the United Nations.
2012-2017: Director General for Multilateral Affairs and International Law at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2017-2021: Cuban Ambassador to Mexico
2021-2023: Senior Specialist in International Relations with a rank of Ambassador at the General Division of Bilateral Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
2023-to date: Director of Inspection at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
International events:
1975-1978: He attended tens of UN and NAM meetings as member of the Cuban delegations. He has chaired Committees, Commissions, Working and Drafting Groups at several UN and NAM fora on disarmament and international security.
1982-1983: He was designated by the Secretary-General of the United Nations as member of the Group of Experts of that organization to make a comprehensive study of the question of nuclear-weapon-free zones.
1986-1987: He worked as Rapporteur of the Preparatory Committee of the United Nations General Assembly Special Session on Disarmament.
1999-2003: He participated in all Ibero-American Summits and was the Cuban Coordinator in all of them.
Academic Work:
He has given lectures and master classes on Cuba as well as on disarmament and international security issues, among others, at universities in Cuba, Switzerland, Zimbabwe, the United States, Brazil and Mexico.
He holds a PhD in Political Sciences. He is a full professor; has tutored degree theses and presided over several examining boards.
He is a member of the Cuban Association of Philosophical Research. He is a member of the Technical and Advisory Council of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He is also a member of the Academic Committee of the Higher Institute of International Relations.
Publications:
Books:
- Carrera Armamentista, Engendro Made in USA. ‘Ciencias Sociales’ Publishing House, Havana, 2007.
- Chapter La Carrera Armamentista y el Sistema de Relaciones Internacionales for the book El Mundo Contemporáneo en Crisis, Autonomous University of Mexico, 2009; also published by the University Publishing House ‘Félix Varela’, 2013.
- Chapter La Correlación del Sistema Internacional, la dirección de la Carrera Armamentista y la distribución de los recursos del poder for the book Enfoque Sur: Nuevo Paradigma en las Relaciones Internacionales. Institute ‘Pedro Gual’, Venezuela, 2012
Articles:
- La Carrera Armamentista, su significación en la economía capitalista. ‘Verde Olivo’ magazine, 1979.
- La Distensión: de las palabras a los hechos. ‘Verde Olivo’ magazine, 1979.
- Desarme, distensión y paz: contribución y perspectivas de los países no alineados. Bulletin issued by the United Nations Cuban Association, 1981.
- Euromisiles, supremacía versus supervivencia. ‘Granma’ newspaper, 1983.
- Estados Unidos y la militarización del cosmos. ‘Granma’ newspaper, 1983.
- Cumbre sobre las Olas. ‘Tribuna de La Habana’ newspaper, 1989.
- Cuba-Estados Unidos: necesidad de un diálogo amplio y en pie de igualdad. ‘Southern Africa Political Economics’ magazine, 1994.
- ¿Por qué Cuba? ‘Patria Latina’ journal, Brazil, 2005.
- Cuba: Dignidad y Resistencia. ‘Jornal de Brasilia’, 2005.
- La Lucha por la Liberación de los Cinco. ‘Carta Maior’, Brazil, 2006.
- El Camino hacia la plena vigencia del Tratado de Tlatelolco. ‘Política Internacional’ journal, No. 10, January-June, 2008.
- El bloqueo contra Cuba, un acto de genocidio. ‘Patria Latina’ journal, Brazil, 2008.
- La verdad detrás del escudo antimisiles. ‘Cubadebate online journal’, 2012.
- Teófilo y la bandera. ‘Cubadebate online journal’, 2016.
- Cuba y México: Breve reseña histórica y cultural, ‘Cubadebate online journal’, 2017.
- De Marti a Fidel, una sola revolución: la presencia de México. ‘Cubadebate online journal’, 2018.
- Pedro Antonio Santacilia y Palacios, un patriota de Cuba y de México. ‘Cubadebate online journal’, 2020.
- La Política de Donald Trump contra el multilateralismo es un peligro real. ‘Cubadebate online journal’, 2020.
- El Caribe, integrante imprescindible de Nuestra América. ‘Cubadebate online journal’, 2021.
Decorations:
- Medal ‘Pedro Soto Alba’.
- Internationalist Combatant First Class Medal.
- Medal for the Cuba-Angola Victory.
- Medal to the Combatant of Production and Defense.
- Medal ‘Enrique Hart’.
- Medal ‘Fiftieth Anniversary of the Revolutionary Armed Forces’.
- Medal ‘Sixtieth Anniversary of the Revolutionary Armed Forces’.
Telephone number: 7 836 4325
E-mail address: di-director@minrex.gob.cu
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