United Nations
17/09/2004
Press Release
BIO/3613
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Biographical Note
New Permanent Representative of Cape Verde Presents Credentials
(Based on information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)
Maria de Fatima Lima Da Veiga, the new Permanent Representative of
Cape Verde to the United Nations, presented her credentials today to
Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
Before her current appointment, she served from October 2002 to April
2004 as Minister for Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and Communities of
Cape Verde. She also served previously as Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs from 2001 to 2002 and Ambassador of Cape Verde for
Cuba from 1999 to 2001. From 1995 to 1999, Ms. Lima Da Veiga was
Director Cabinet of the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Prior to that,
she served in a number of progressively responsible positions after
joining the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1980.
Born in Sao Vicente, Cape Verde, on 22 June 1957, Ms. Lima Da Veiga
undertook high studies in Anglo-American civilization and language at
the Universite d'Aix-ex-Provence, France. She received
post-university training in development and diplomacy at the German
Foundation, Berlin, and participated in training on diplomatic
advancement organized in Praia by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of
Cape Verde in cooperation with the United Nations Institute for
Training and Research (UNITAR) and the Rio Branco Institute of Brazil.
She has also taken part in seminars on diplomacy and personnel
management.
Ms. Lima Da Veiga is a member of Cape Verde's National Commission of
the Interstate Committee for the Fight Against Drought in the Sahel;
officer-in-charge for the elaboration of technical studies relating to
Cape Verde's external politics and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs;
and a member of the jury of the competition for the promotion of
diplomatic and technical personnel of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
She has served as a member of Cape Verde's delegation to many
international meetings and as representative of the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs on several joint commissions and inter-governmental
meetings on cooperation. Ms. Lima Da Veiga speaks Portuguese,
English, French and Spanish.
The new Permanent Representative of Cape Verde is married and has two
children.
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