Ralph J. Bunche III

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Ralph J. Bunche III
Born1978 (age 4546)
Education Keele University (BA)
University of Essex (MA)
Columbia Law School (JD)
Occupation(s)Human rights lawyer; former General Secretary of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization
Relatives Ralph Bunche (grandfather)

Ralph J. Bunche III (born 1978) is an American lawyer and human rights activist. Between 2008 and 2009, he advised, as in-house counsel, two Ministers of Finance of Liberia, Antoinette Sayeh and Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan on matters including the elimination of approximately US$1.2bn in foreign debt and foreign investment in the extractive industries and agricultural sectors. After leaving law practice he served in senior positions for the OSCE Mission in Kosovo and Fair Trials before being elected in September 2018 as General Secretary of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO), a position he held for three 18-month terms alongside serving as the representative of Cornwall to the European Union.

Education and family

Bunche received his B.A. degree from Keele University in 2000, his M.A. from the University of Essex in 2002 and his J.D. from Columbia Law School in 2006. [1]

His grandfather was African-American political and social scientist Ralph Bunche who served the United Nations in various capacities and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1950 for his work as mediator in Palestine in 1948–1949. [2]

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References

  1. "Ralph Bunche". Columbia Law School. Retrieved March 20, 2021.
  2. "The Nobel Peace Prize 1950". Nobel Foundation. Archived from the original on 2008-10-12. Retrieved March 20, 2021.