Global President and Chairman of the Supreme Council of the United International Peace and Governance Council (UNIPGC), recipient of the 2024 US President Joe Biden Lifetime Achievement Award, H.E. Ambassador Dr. Jonathan Ojada has been confirmed as the Permanent Representative of the International Royal Diplomatic Club of the United Nations (IRDCUN-EU) at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, USA.
His confirmation took place on Monday, June 10, 2024, in Klaipeda, Lithuania.
According to the IRDCUN-EU Permanent Representative at the UN Headquarters in New York, Amb. Ojada is expected to collaborate with small organizations abroad, international diplomatic clubs, parliaments, presidential palaces, royal families and diplomatic missions in all countries, as well as the European Union, UNICEF, UNESCO.
Ambassador. Ojadah was originally appointed to the position in February and was confirmed in June.
As such, he is authorized to exercise the powers and privileges of Ambassador and Head of Mission in Africa of the International Royal Diplomatic Club of the United Nations.
The appointment was confirmed in a letter signed and presented by the President of the International Royal Diplomatic Club of the United Nations, H.E. Oksana Cernovskaja.
According to the letter: “This appointment is confirmed in the exercise of the powers entrusted to me as President of the International Royal Diplomatic Club of the United Nations – IRDCUN, under the statutes of the organization in Lithuania, the European Union.
“I hereby appoint you, Ambassador Jonathan Emmamuzo Ojada as Permanent Representative of IRDCUN at the United Nations Headquarters, New York, United States of America, effective February 01, 2024.
“Your identification code is IRDCUN/MH-AFR/EU/HQ-07.”
Until this confirmation, Ambassador. Jonathan made a high-level diplomatic tour, including having the honour of meeting and greeting members of the government, Mayors of Lithuanian cities, and attending the awards event at the Presidential Palace where the winners of the Initiative of the President of Lithuania H. E. Gitanas Nausėda – Green Ideas Festival and World Environment Day were awarded. President of Lithuania. Together with the Honorable Member of the Seimas of Lithuania Ligita Girskienė, Hon. Minister of Environment Simonas Gentvilas, Mayor of Panevezys Rytis Mykolas Račkauskas, Director of Administration of the Klaipeda City Hall Andrius Žukas, which took place at the Presidential Palace in Vilnius.
Amb. Dr. Jonathan Ojada’s courtesy visits to prominent Lithuanian personalities were organized by the President of the Royal Diplomatic Club of the United Nations, H.E. Oksana Chernovskaya accompanied by the ambassador. Dr. Rosalyn Adedoyin Amangbo is also appointed Ambassador for Diplomatic Relations and European African Economic Cooperation.
Other notable meetings included a discussion with Kristina L. Aleknene, Chairman of the Board of the Ukrainian-Lithuanian Chamber of Commerce (ULCC) in Vilnius, on opportunities for cooperation to expand investment in Africa and to enhance sponsorship of the Global Peace Congress scheduled for December 2-4, 2024.
The IRDCUN delegation also met with Vidmantas Janulevičius, President of the Lithuanian Confederation of Industrialists, which unites more than 54 Lithuanian industry and trade associations. On the same day, the delegation visited the European Union Information Center ahead of the EU parliamentary elections, which will take place on Sunday, June 9, 2024.
In addition, the IRDCUN delegation visited the office of the Algirdas Kamarauskas Vice-Mayor of Klaipeda, Lithuania, where productive meetings were held in preparation for the Global Peace Congress in Lithuania in December 2024 at Litexpo, Director Vaclav Stankiewicz of the Lithuanian Maritime Academy, Managing Partner Jonas Kondratas Nobel International Information Center in Klaipeda and productively visited Klaipeda University and the Klaipeda free economic zone. On June 11, a productive meeting was held at the office of the Vilnius Chamber of Commerce Industry and Craft with the director Dr. Almantas Danilevičius as part of the cooperation of participation in the Global Peace Congress, organized by IRDCUN