Charles Thembani Ntwaagae (born 1953) is the
Permanent Representative of
Botswana
Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory part of the Kalahari Desert. It is bordered by South Africa to the sou ...
to the
United Nations
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, in office since July 2008 to until 2018.
Education
Born in
Tutume, Botswana, Ntwaagae holds a master's degree from
Penn State #Redirect Pennsylvania State University
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, and a bachelor's degree from the
University of Botswana and Swaziland
The University of Botswana and Swaziland was the predecessor of both the University of Botswana and the University of Eswatini. It existed from October 20, 1975 when the Lesotho campus of the University of Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland (UBLS) wit ...
.
[United Nations Bio - Ntwaagae]
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Career
Ntwaagae was Permanent Secretary in Botswana's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation prior to taking office at the United Nations. He has also served as Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office at Geneva
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, in Austria
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, and in Greece
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, for Botswana. Other offices he has held include Deputy Permanent Secretary in the Foreign Ministry; Chief Executive at the National Secretariat of the National Conservation Strategy (Coordinating) Agency; and Deputy Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Local Government, Lands and Housing.
He now resides in Scarsdale, New York
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, with his wife and three children.[
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Failed attempt to stop United Nations LGBT rights investigator
At the UN in 2016 Ntwaagae led a group of mostly African and Islamic nations plus Russia and China, who failed in an attempting to suspend the work of a UN-appointed Human Rights expert, Vitit Muntarbhorn of Thailand who was charged with investigating violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
See also
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References
1953 births
Living people
People from Scarsdale, New York
Permanent representatives of Botswana to the United Nations
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