Rebeca Grynspan

Rebeca Grynspan has served as Secretary-General of UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) since 2021, the first woman to lead the organisation in its 60-year history, and played a decisive role in the Black Sea Grain Initiative, which enabled the export of more than 30 million tons of grain, lowering global food prices. A former Vice President of Costa Rica, she previously served as Secretary-General of the Ibero-American Conference (2014 to 2021) and as UN Under-Secretary-General and Associate Administrator of UNDP.

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