Sofia Borges
 Sofia Borges     (diplomat) | |
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| Nationality | East Timorese, Australian? |
| Alma mater | Australian National University, Northern Territory University |
| Interests | Agenda 2030 |
Possibly Australian/Timorese dual national. Important in the UN system working with implementation of the Agenda 2030. Attended Event 201.
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Sofia Borges is an East Timorese (and possibly Australian) diplomat working in the UN system, especially with the implementation of the Agenda 2030. She attended Event 201, the dress rehearsal for COVID-19.
Career
Borges holds degrees in Anthropology, Political Science, and Law from the Australian National University, Canberra, and Northern Territory University, Darwin.
Borges then worked both as an anthropologist at the Central Land Council in Australia, engaging with indigenous land owners in Central Australia on lands rights claims, and at the Asian Development Bank on issues surrounding post-conflict reconstruction in Timor-Leste. She then joined the Australian Foreign Ministry, and worked as an official election officer with the Australian Electoral Commission for Timor-Leste’s independence referendum of 30 August 1999."[1]
From 2002-2016, she held various positions at the Permanent Mission of Timor-Leste to the UN, including six years as Ambassador and Permanent Representative,[2] during which time she served as Chair of the Third Committee for the 69th session of the UN General Assembly and as a Vice President of the 68th Session of the UN General Assembly.
She was the Chief Negotiator for Timor-Leste during the Open Working Group on the Sustainable Development Goals (2013-2014). Borges worked as Special Adviser on the 2030 Agenda to the World Federation of United Nations Associations (WFUNA). She was Chair of the G7+ (2010-2014), a role which was critical in the negotiations on the UN 2030 Agenda.[2]
Per 2021, Borges is the UN Foundation’s Senior Vice President and Head of the New York Office.[2]
Event Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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| Event 201 | 18 October 2019 | 18 October 2019 | New York US | A Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security/World Economic Forum/Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation sponsored large scale simulation of a global coronavirus pandemic predicting an apocalyptic outcome. Held October 2019. |
