Virginia Gamba (UN official)

Gamba was educated in Bolivia, Peru, Switzerland, Spain and the United Kingdom. She is a graduate of the University College of Wales and the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. She holds a Master of Science degree in strategic studies and a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish and American studies.[2]

Early in her career, Gamba served as Director for the Centre for Military Transformation of the Argentine Republic (1984–1986) as well as lecturer at the University of Maryland (1986) and King’s College London (1987–1990).

In the 1990's, she was the director of the Disarmament and Conflict Resolution Project of the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) in Geneva.[3] In 1998, she was also Head of the Small Arms Programme at the Institute for Security Studies in South Africa.[4]

From 2001 to 2007, Gamba was Director of South-South Interactions at SaferAfrica.[5] From 2007 to 2009, Gamba worked with the European Union as an Expert Consultant and helped develop the African Common Approach to Combat Illicit Small Arms Trafficking.

From 2009 to 2012, Gamba served as deputy director of Safety and Security at the Institute for Public Safety in Argentina’s Ministry of Justice and Human Rights.[6]

From 2012 to 2015, Gamba held the position of Director and Deputy to the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs in the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA).[7] She later served Head of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons-United Nations joint investigative Mechanism.

• Global Partnership to End Violence Against Children, Member of the Board[8]

Gamba shared the Nobel Peace Prize as formal member of the executive board of the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs (1995) with Joseph Rotblat. She served on the Pugwash board from 1985 to 1996.