Mexico (1974-1975)

The late Ambassador Alfonso Garcia Robles (Mexico) was Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs and chairman of Mexico’s delegation to the General Assembly from the 19th to the 25th sessions. He also held the post of Director in the Political Affairs Division of the U.N. Secretariat serving as Principal Secretary of the Special Committee on Palestine and Secretary of the Adhoc Committee on the Palestine Question. Author of many books on international affairs, he was co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize for Peace for 1982.