In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Baena and the second or paternal family name is Soares.
Soares in 1990
João Clemente Baena Soares (14 May 1931 – 7 June 2023) was a Brazilian diplomat.
Soares was born in Belém. He worked at the Brazilian Ministry of External Relations for 31 years before being elected to serve as Secretary General of the Organization of American States from 1984 to 1994.[1][2]
In Brazil, he also served as Secretary General of Foreign Affairs of Brazil (that is, as Brazil's Vice-Chancellor).
Between 1997 and 2006, he was a member of the United Nations International Law Commission. On 4 November 2003 UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan appointed him to sit on the High Level Threat Panel.
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 Lebanon War.
Soares died on 7 June 2023, at the age of 92.[3]
^"Biography of Dr. João Clemente Baena Soares". United Nations. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
^"Secretaries General". Organization of American States. Archived from the original on 20 October 2012. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
^"Morreu o antigo secretário-geral da OEA Baena Soares". Mundo Ao Minuto. 7 June 2023. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
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