SUMMARY OF CURRICULUM VITA OF AMBASSADOR JORGE ABARCA DEL CARPIO Ambassador Jorge Abarca del Carpio graduated from the Diplomatic Academy of Peru in 1972. He had the titles of Career Diplomat and a BA in International Relations and became the member of the Diplomatic Service of Peru on January 1, 1973 as Third Secretary in Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He was promoted to Third Secretary in 1974, Second Secretary in 1977, First Secretary in 1981, Counsellor in 1985, Minister Counsellor in 1990, Minister in 1993 and Ambassador in 2000. Ambassador Abarca-del Carpio has studied Letters and Philosophy at the University of San Agustin, Arequipa; Humanities at the Catholic University of Santa Maria, Arequipa. He also participated in the Seminar on Complexities of Decision Making Process in the Field of Foreign Policy in the United States, in Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He finished his studies on MBA in University of Piura, Peru. Also attended to the XX Seminar of the Diplomatic Academy of Peru and attended to the seminars on Security Information Systems given by IBM. His first assignment abroad was to the Embassy of Peru in the Peoples Republic of China (1975-1978), as one of the first diplomats in Beijing to provide functions, and he was member of the Peruvian delegation to the funeral of Chairman Mao and Prime Minister Chou En-lai (1976). In 1981, he was appointed Head of Asia and Pacific Rim Desk of the Under secretariat of Foreign Policy. While he was responsible in handling these issues at the Peruvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he wrote articles about Peru to be integrated to the economic community of Asia-Pacific nations. Also, he served as the Deputy Chief in the Embassy of Peru in Sweden (1978-1981), Uruguay (1984-1988), Cuba (1988-1990) and Charge dAffaires of Peru in El Salvador (1984) and as Head of Mission and member of the Peruvian delegation to the inauguration ceremony of President Napol