Updated march 2009

Danute Statkus ROSALES
Caracas, Venezuela 
e-mail: d.rosales@avinc.org

Spanish A, English B, French B, Lithuanian C

Member of AIIC (International Association of Conference Interpreters)

 

EXPERTISE: International Relations, Economics, Law.

EDUCATION:  - Ecole d´Interprètes, Université de Genève, Switzerland, Parliamentary Interpreter Diploma
- Barnard College, Columbia University, New York - BA

Danute Statkus Rosales
       

Freelance in Switzerland and Venezuela: 1964-1977

Miscellaneous conferences, workshops, symposia, courses,  with ILO, Unesco, Unctad, ITU, CEE, UN, Interpol, International Red Cross, Club of Rome, PAHO, IESA, on law, sociology, business administration, economics, development, defense, civil engineering, petroleum.

Official Interpreter of the Presidents of Venezuela 1977 - 2001 (Served under Presidents Pérez, Herrera, Lusinchi, Caldera and 2 years under Chávez)

Freelance 2001 to date. Services rendered in Venezuela, among others:

  • International and Regional organizations: IMF, UNHCR, UNEP, UNDP, IU, World Bank, UNESCO, COPA, SELA, ECLAC, OAS, Caribbean Development Bank.
  • Foreign governments and  institutions: Embassies of the United States, The United Kingdom, the Netherlands; Council on Foreign Relations; Council of American Ambassadors; Carter Center; Latin American Ombudsman Institute; Transparency International, BBC, Reuters, Committee to Protect Journalists.   
  • Private business concerns: Polar, GE, Nestlé, Cisco, Total, Statoil, Veba Oel, Avon, Pfizer, Cemex, Mitsubishi, Morgan Stanley.
  • Cultural institutions: MoMA,  CPPC,  Venezuelan universities.
  • Lithuanian government: President of Lithuania Algirdas Brazauskas, human rights award laureate Alfonsas Svarinskas,   Parliament member Egidijus Vareikis.

             Services rendered abroad: 2008-09:

  • OAS: Summit Implementation Review Group  meetings in Barbados, Antigua and Barbuda, El Salvador; (Spanish,  English booths); Fifth Summit of the Americas - Trinidad and Tobago (French booth); Fourth Meeting of Ministers of Culture - Barbados (French booth).
  • UNESCO:  Confintea VI Conference - Brazil (Spanish booth).
  • ECLAC: Meeting of Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women -  Colombia. (English booth). 

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