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Ambassador Isaiah Chabala

Ambassador Isaiah Chabala, served as Permanent Representative of Zambia to the United Nations and International Organizations in New York and Geneva, the European Union and, concurrently, to Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal and Spain. He also served as: Alternate Representative to the United Nations Security Council; Representative to the United Nations Economic and Social Council; and Representative to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights. A career foreign service officer and senior government official for many years, Ambassador Chabala served as: Under-Secretary for Budget and Economic Affairs; Director of Economic and Technical Cooperation; Deputy Permanent Secretary (Economics and Finance) and Speech Writer to the Prime Minister, among other senior government appointments.

Ambassador Chabala has served as international consultant with the Starkey Hearing Foundation and on boards of non-governmental organizations in special consultative status with the United Nations including: Global Alliance for Women's Health; Innovation:Africa; Cubraiti; African Views; and as senior adviser with the NGO Committee on Spirituality, Values and Global Concerns. He also serves on the Advisory Board of the Educational Initiative of The National Arts Club’s Archaeology Committee.

He is the Founder and President of Visionary Empowerment, Inc, a non-profit corporation that has established a women empowerment organization in Zambia, providing sustainable business skills and life-skills training for women and girls, including HIV/AIDS orphans and widows, particularly in rural and under-served communities.

Ambassador Chabala is a graduate of the University of Zambia (Economics and French); St. Peter's College, Oxford University (Foreign Service Studies); University of Bath (Fiscal Studies); and holds a Master's degree in International Affairs from Columbia University.