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[email protected] philpressinstitute.net 6 May 25, 2017 6pm, Seaport Room, H2O Hotel, Roxas Boulevard, Manila, Philippines Supported by: TBB/PPI/052017 May 2017 Philippine Press Institute 1 ASEAN takes the spotlight in PPI’s 21st National Press Forum 14 newspapers vie for civic journ awards 2 Philippine Press Institute May 2017 Ambassador Rosario G. Manalo Ambassador Rosario G. Manalo is one of the country’s most accomplished diplomats. In 2016 she won a seat, for the third time, as the Philippine Expert in the Committee of Experts of the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) during elections held in June 2016 at the UN headquarters in New York City. This came about after a lapse of 10 years, having completed in 2006 her second term as Chairperson of CEDAW. In February 2017 she was elected by acclamation as the Committee’s Rapporteur for the next two years. She is the first Filipino to pass the competitive Foreign Service Examinations for Filipino career diplomats. Amb. Manalo is a holder of the following degrees: Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service, Bachelor of Science in Jurisprudence, Bachelor of Laws, Master of Arts in Public Administration, and Master of Arts in International Relations and Diplomacy. She served as the Philippine Ambassador to Belgium and concurrently to Luxemburg and the European Economic Community (1979-1985); to France and concurrently to Portugal and UNESCO (1990-1994); to Sweden, and concurrently to the four other Nordic States and the three Baltic States (1994-1997).