Embassy of Uruguay in Australia

Ambassador  

Dianela Joselina Pi Cedrés 

Contact: uruaustralia@mrree.gub.uy 

Education:  

• Bachelor's Degree in International Relations, Faculty of Law and Social Sciences, Universidad de la República (Uruguay)
• Diplomatic Academy: Artigas Institute of the Foreign Service, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uruguay
• Languages: Spanish, English and French. Understands Portuguese and Italian  

Experience: 

• Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay to Australia (December 2020 to present)
• Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay concurrently to New Zealand (April 2022 to present)
• Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay concurrently to Fiji (May 2023 to present)
• Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay concurrently to East Timor (February 2025 to present)
• Deputy Director-General for Political Affairs and Director of Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law (December 2017 / August 2020)
• Deputy Permanent Representative of the Mission of Uruguay to the United Nations Office and International Organizations based in Geneva, Switzerland (February 2015 / December 2017)
• Delegate responsible for the human rights team at the Permanent Mission of Uruguay to the United Nations Office and International Organizations based in Geneva, Switzerland (2012 / February 2015)
• Deputy Director of Human Rights, Directorate-General for Political Affairs (2010 / 2012)
• Delegate to the Permanent Mission of Uruguay to the United Nations in New York (2004 / 2010): Responsible for the Third Committee, Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Issues / Facilitator and Coordinator of the UN Resolution on the Rights of the Child on behalf of GRULAC and the European Union
• Directorate-General for Integration and MERCOSUR Affairs (in charge of matters related to the main organs of MERCOSUR - CMC and GMC -, in particular in customs matters, trade facilitation, electronic commerce and public procurement, January 2000 / November 2004)
• Entry into the Foreign Service of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay through competitive examination and merits (January 2000)

Counsellor 

Agustina Camilli Prado

Contact: uruaustralia@mrree.gub.uy 

Education:  

• Postgraduate Degree in Environmental Law and Risk Management, Faculty of Law, University of the Republic (Uruguay)
• United Nations International Law Fellowship Programme (Netherlands)
• Hague Academy of International Law, specialisation in Public International Law (Netherlands)
• Master's Degree in Legal, Economic and Management Sciences, mention in Law and Development Policies, Paris V University, Descartes (France)
• Master's Degree in General International Law, International Economic Law, Université Paris I Panthéon, Sorbonne (France)
• Bachelor's Degree in Public Law, International and Community Law, University of Poitiers (France)
• Baccalaureate, Lycée Français Jules Supervielle (Uruguay)
• Languages: Spanish, French, English, Portuguese and Italian 

Experience:  

• Counsellor, Embassy of Uruguay in Australia (2021 to present)
• Head of the Consular Section, Embassy of Uruguay in Australia (2021 to present)
• Member of the CCAMLR General Fund for Capacity Building Panel (2023 to present)
• Head of Secretariat, Vice Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uruguay, (2020 / 2021)
• Deputy Director of the Directorate of Multilateral Affairs, Directorate-General for Political Affairs (2018 / 2019)
• Delegate to the Permanent Mission of Uruguay to the United Nations Office and International Organisations based in Geneva, Switzerland (2013 / 2018): Responsible for Environmental and Labor affairs / Vice-President of GRULAC at the Basel Convention / Vice-President of GRULAC at the Stockholm Convention / GRULAC Coordinator on the Environment / G77 + China Coordinator (UNEA1 / chemicals)
• Directorate-General for Political Affairs (2011 / 2013)
• Entry into the Foreign Service of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay  through competitive examination and merits (2011)