Lucille M. Mair

Dr. Lucille Mathurin Mair (c. 1925 – January 28, 2009) was a Jamaican ambassador, author, diplomat and gender specialist.

Mair served as Assistant Secretary-General in the office of the United Nations Secretary in 1979, from which she performed the role of Secretary-General for the World Conference of the United Nations Decade for Women held in 1980 in Copenhagen.[1] From 1981- 1982, she served as special advisor to the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Women's Development at the level of assistant secretary general.[2] She then went on to served as Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Palestine from 1982 to 1987. Mair died on January 28, 2009 at her home in Kingston.[3]

The International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) awarded its honorary doctorate to Lucille Mair in 1988.

References

  1. ^ http://www.caricom.org/jsp/projects/personalities/lucille_mair.jsp?menu=projects
  2. ^ http://jamaicaobserver.com/news/html/20090129T010000-0500_145429_OBS_AMBASSADOR_LUCILLE_MAIR_IS_DEAD.asp
  3. ^ http://www.silobreaker.com/DocumentReader.aspx?Item=5_2262068125933502484