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Lauro Baja

In this Philippine name, the middle name or maternal family name is Liboon and the surname or paternal family name is Baja.

Lauro Liboon Baja Jr. (May 2, 1937 – February 8, 2024) was a Filipino diplomat who was a permanent representative to the United Nations for the Republic of the Philippines and undersecretary of the Philippines' Department of Foreign Affairs. He presented his credentials to the Secretary-General of the United Nations on 21 May 2003, replacing former Ambassador Alfonso T. Yuchengco. He was replaced by former Chief Justice Hilario Davide in 2006.

Baja led the Philippine delegation in a two-year membership in the Security Council. He was president of the Security Council, first in June 2004 and again in September 2005.[1][2] Between 2003 and 2004, Amb. Baja was chairman of the United Nations General Assembly Sixth Committee (Legal).[3]

In 2003 he was conferred by President Arroyo the Order of Sikatuna with the rank of Datu, the highest award a member of the Philippine Foreign Service could receive. In 1999, he received the Gawad Mabini Award with the rank of Dakilang Kamanong. The Philippine Jaycees Senate named Ambassador Baja the Outstanding Filipino (TOFIL) Awardee for his outstanding work in the field of bilateral and multilateral diplomacy.[4]

Baja died from a heart attack on February 8, 2024, at the age of 86.[5]

  1. ^ "PRESIDENT OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL AND CHAIRMAN OF MILITARY STAFF COMMITTEE IN JUNE". United Nations. 28 May 2004. Retrieved 12 March 2016. Lauro Baja, Permanent Representative of the Philippines, succeeds Munir Akram, Permanent Representative of Pakistan, as President of the Security Council.
  2. ^ "PRESIDENT OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL AND CHAIRMAN OF MILITARY STAFF COMMITTEE IN SEPTEMBER". United Nations. 1 September 2005. Retrieved 12 March 2016. Lauro L. Baja, Permanent Representative of the Philippines, succeeds Kenzo Oshima, Permanent Representative of Japan, as President of the Security Council.
  3. ^ United Nations General Assembly, 58th Session, Bureau of the Sixth Committee
  4. ^ "About | Philippines Permanent Mission to the United Nations". Archived from the original on September 23, 2008. Retrieved September 29, 2008.
  5. ^ "Former PH envoy to UN Lauro Baja Jr. passes away at 86". Philippine News Agency. 10 February 2024. Retrieved 10 February 2024.

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