João Clemente Baena Soares

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João Clemente Baena Soares (born 14 May 1931 in Belém do Pará) is a Brazilian diplomat. After working at his country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs for 31 years, he was elected to serve as the Secretary General of the Organization of American States from 1984 to 1994.

Between 1997 and 2006, he was a member of the United Nations International Law Commission. On 4 November 2003 U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan appointed him to sit on the High-Level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change. On 1 September 2006 he was appointed to the United Nations Human Rights Council's High-Level Commission of Inquiry charged with probing allegations that Israel systematically targeted and killed Lebanese civilians during the 2006 War.

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• Sem medo da diplomácia (2006)

Preceded by Alejandro Orfila

Secretary General of the Organization of American States 1984-1994

Succeeded by César Gaviria