***VIRTUAL*** AJC Diplomacy at 75 Series with Mexican Consul General Remedios Gomez Arnau

Date: 
June 08, 2020
TIME: 
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Location: 
Virtual
Cost: 
Free

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AJC San Francisco speaks with Mexican Consul General Remedios Gomez Arnau

As part of AJC SF Diplomacy at 75 series, Mexican Consul General Remedios Gomez Arnau will address efforts made by the Government of Mexico to fight the effects of COVID-19 and discuss the importance of global leadership and cooperation. Moderated by Dina Siegel Vann Director, The Arthur and Rochelle Belfer Institute for Latino and Latin American Affairs, AJC AJC’s Global Advocacy Anywhere programs provides exclusive video and phone briefings featuring leading figures, audio segments on the issues of the day, hard-hitting AJC analysis. You can find all upcoming Advocacy Anywhere webinars and past recordings on our website. Diplomacy at 75 programs commemorate the establishment of AJC San Francisco’s regional chapter, coinciding with the founding of the United Nations in San Francisco in 1945. This series is presented in honor of Light unto the Nations recipients Tad Taube and Senator Dianne Feinstein.

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AJC San Francisco
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Mexican Consul General Remedios Gomez Arnau
Remedios Gómez Arnau, was named by the President of Mexico and ratified by the Senate as Consul General in San Francisco, California, taking office on May 17, 2019.

Gómez Arnau previously directed the Mexican Consulates General in Atlanta, Georgia; San Diego, California; and Raleigh, North Carolina, from 2001 to 2008, from 2008 to 2016, and from 2016 to 2019, respectively.

Before her position in Atlanta, she was Academic Secretary and Associate Researcher at the Research Center for North America (CISAN) of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). His investigations include the foreign policy of the United States and the relationship between Mexico and the United States.

In the Ministry of Foreign Relations (SRE), she has also served as Advisor to the Under-Secretaries of North America in two presidential administrations (1992 to 1997); She has been Director of Consular Protection; Deputy Director of Consular Protection Studies; and Head of the Department of Political and Legal Affairs for the United States (1980 to 1987).

Gómez Arnau was appointed Technical Secretary for Mexico to carry out the First Binational Migration Study commissioned by the governments of Mexico and the United States, during 1995-1997. She was also invited to participate in the United States-Mexico Binational Group on Migration, organized by the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, which in February 2001 presented recommendations to the then newly appointed presidents of both countries.

From 1990 to 1992, she served as External Consultant to the Executive Secretariat of the National Human Rights Commission, where she participated in the preparation of the First Study on the violation of the rights of Mexican migrant workers. It also contributed to the preparation of the first Report on migrant minors from Mexico.

Consul General Gómez Arnau is the author of the first book on the history and legal foundations of consular protection for Mexicans in the United States. He has also coordinated other books, including the development of "Going North: Mexican Immigrants in Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee" and "Mexican Immigration to the US Southeast: Impact and Challenges."

She has a degree in International Relations from El Colegio de México and has master's and doctorate studies from UNAM in the same discipline.