H.E. Ambassador Juan José Gómez Camacho

Ambassador Juan José Gómez-Camacho is a senior fellow and member of the teaching faculty of the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Foreign Policy Institute, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, United States of America SAIS’ Foreign Policy Institute, as well as a member of the teaching faculty of SAIS. 

He holds a Bachelor Degree in Law from Iberoamericana University in Mexico City and an LLM from Georgetown University in Washington D.C. He joined the Mexican Foreign Service in 1988.

During his 30 years of diplomatic career, he has gained vast experience and has played a key role in addressing emerging global challenges, both political and economic. Most significantly, he led negotiations on what today is known as the Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Framework, a global deal between countries, the pharmaceutical industry, laboratories and civil society to ensure greater coordination and coherence in responding to future global pandemics; and, along with the Swiss Ambassador to the UN, he led the drafting and negotiations of the UN Global Compact for a safe, orderly and regular migration adopted in December 2018. He launched discussions between Member States and introduced into the UN Agenda the impact of Artificial Intelligence and Exponential Technological Change.

Ambassador Gómez-Camacho is one of the most senior and experienced Mexican diplomats. He served as Ambassador of Mexico to Canada starting in 2019; Permanent Representative of Mexico to the United Nations from February 2016 to February 2019; Ambassador to the European Union as well as to the Kingdom of Belgium and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (2013-2016); Permanent Representative of Mexico to the Office of the UN and other International Organizations based in Geneva, Switzerland (2009-2013), as well as Ambassador to the Republic of Singapore and to the Union of Myanmar and the Sultanate of Brunei Darussalam (2006-2009).

Additionally, Ambassador Gómez-Camacho has written and co-authored a considerable number of articles on a range of issues related to Foreign Policy and International Law.