Bruno Stagno Ugarte

Bruno Stagno Ugarte (born 1970) is the current Minister of Foreign Relations of Costa Rica and has been the president of the Assembly of States Parties of the International Criminal Court (ICC) since 2005.

Stagno became Costa Rica's permanent ambassador to the United Nations in August 2002. In 2005, he succeeded Jordan's Zeid Ra'ad Zeid Al-Hussein and became the second president of the Assembly of States Parties of the ICC. Stagno's term at the ICC expires in 2008. Stagno became the Minister of Foreign Relations of Costa Rica on 8 May 2006.

Stagno has academic degrees from Princeton University, Georgetown University, and the University of Paris.

References

*Coalition for the International Criminal Court, [http://www.iccnow.org/documents/ASPPreselected_100904.pdf "Costa Rican Ambassador Elected as Next President of the International Criminal Court Assembly of States Parties"] , media advisory, 2004-09-10
*cite web| url = http://www.globalmpa.net/section/mpa_mpp_alumni/distinguished_alumni/_bruno_stagno | title = Bruno Stagno | accessdate = 2008-04-16 | publisher = "Global MPA"

External links

* [http://www.exxun.com/acf_chiefsofstate/CostaRica/jcf_1.html Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Government: Costa Rica] , exxun.com, accessed 2008-04-16