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M.E.S ET NOS OPTIONS Excuse me if I am intruding too much into international

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your personal space, but do you allow yourself
Création
to professionally advise your husband on how
your family, including your children, should
Litteraire,
interact with the diplomatic community over
the years?

us always freely communicate our ideas and the
étude Sport.
same with our kids. Our interaction with the
MUTUELLE D' ETUDES SECONDAIRES JOURNALISME, My husband and I are good friends and between
diplomatic community over the years has been
very enriching for us and occurs in the most
natural way through the different encounters and
situations and fortunately our children, (today
BACCALAUREAT INTERNATIONAL adults with specific interest) always interacted ago, it was necessary, especially for me, a time for adaptation
easily with our friends of the diplomatic
and for feeling at ease and inspired. As I always said, nobody
community. Therefore, our interaction with the can complain of living in Geneva which offers such a very good
diplomatic community has never been a theme quality of life, a very interesting international activity, beautiful
for advice and had never been imposed on our natural surroundings, an excellent geographical localization in
children, who, in general, enjoyed better the Europe and one of the most beautiful countries to discover and
www.ecolemes.ch company of their own group of friends from enjoy.
different backgrounds.
The most important changes that this time Geneva brought for
Could you identify key words that define me was the possibility of starting considering myself more
communication in a diplomatic environment? as an artist. Before arriving in Geneva, I had participated in
Respect, trust and discretion, some collective exhibitions in New Delhi and Moscow, but it
was in Geneva that I had my first solo exhibition. During the
Tell us how you feel in Geneva and what changes exhibition some pieces were acquired by people for whom my
your husband’s assignment at the UN in Geneva works had some meaning or produced a particular emotion. In
has brought for you. my opinion this is the most important thing for an artist.
This is the second time we have been assigned
to Geneva. The first time we came, 37 seven What goals do you set for yourself here in Geneva as
years ago, we were recently married, this was an ambassador’s wife, related to cultural diplomacy or
my husband’s first diplomatic position, and for philanthropy?
me that was the first time I was not working, At the moment the most important goal is to fulfill the
after serving as a Diplomat in Paris (at the expectations deposited in the Brazilian Mission and in my
Honduran Mission to UNESCO first and then in husband who is this year the Chairperson of the UNWG Bazaar
our Embassy to France). Having time enough I which we consider a very important activity for the cause it
decided to continue studying and I went to the represents. In the last years Brazil has participated in the Bazaar,
University of Geneva to Study Sociology, while with two stands presenting the rich Brazilian gastronomy and
my husband was very busy at the Brazilian the variety of their national product coming from different
Mission. Geneva was a very pleasant post from states of Brazil and also presenting some cultural activity. This
where we moved to Ecuador with our little son year we will keep both stands, the cultural presentations and
born in Geneva, so our links with Geneva are we are working on concretizing different ideas to have a
very special. In this second assignment, after our very successful Bazar. For that all we are counting of course
DETROMPE-TOI ! living experiences in many different countries, on the enthusiasm of all the voluntary members working on
arriving in Geneva was full of mixing feelings
its organization and on the enthusiasm of the international
and expectations. community in Geneva supporting UNWG philanthropic
cause.
My husband is coming in a different position,
today he is a Senior Brazilian Ambassador to Which encounters with people and places in Switzerland will
the UN and I am always interested in having a leave the most lasting impression on your memory of your time
professional activity but with an awakened artistic here?
interest, Geneva represented a new challenge to The encounters that became a formidable friendship will always
be faced. Even having been living in GE 37 years be in my memories from Geneva.

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