Paris Champions
Meet all the Paris ChampionsSteering Committee
Niall Burgess
Ambassador,
Embassy of Ireland in France
Steering Committee
Audrey Azoulay
Director General,
UNESCO
Silvia Elena Alfaro Espinosa
Ambassador and Permanent Delegate,
Permanent Delegation of Peru to UNESCO
Gillian Bird
Australian Ambassador to France with non-resident accreditation to Algeria, Mauritania and Monaco,
Australian Embassy in France
Anna Brandt
Ambassador,
Sweden to the OECD and UNESCO
Natasha Cayer
Ambassador & Permanent Delegate,
Delegation of Canada to UNESCO
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