Background
CASTANEDA, Jorge was born on October 1, 1921 in Mexico, D.F. Son of Jorge Castaneda and Carmen Alvarez de la Rosa.
CASTANEDA, Jorge was born on October 1, 1921 in Mexico, D.F. Son of Jorge Castaneda and Carmen Alvarez de la Rosa.
National University of Mexico, 1938-1943, Licentiate in Law. Spoken languages: Spanish, English, French.
Joined Mexican Foreign Sendee 1950. Legal Counsel, Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1955-1958, Director-General for Institute Organizations 1959-1960. Alternate Representative 1961-1962.
Ambassador to Egypt 1962-1965. Principal Director, Ministry of Foreign Affairs since 1965. Under-Secretary of State 1976.
Perm. Representative to Institute Organizations in Geneva. Minister of Foreign Affairs 1979-1982. Ambassador Emeritus, Ambassador to France 1983.
Professor, of Institute Public Law, Escuela Libre de Derecho 1958. Professor, of Institute Public Law, University Nacional Autonoma de Mexico since 1959. Chairman 1973); delegation to numerous international confs. including many sessions of United Nations General Assembly.
Mexico & the United Nations, 1958. Mexico y el Orden Internacional, 1956. Valor Jurídico de las Resoluciones de las Naciones Unidas, 1967.Legal Effects of United Nations Resolutions, 1969. La No Proliferación de las Armas Nucleares en el Orden Universal, 1969. Panamericanism & Regionalism: A Mexican View, 1956.Numerous articles.
Institute, Institution of International Law. International Law Association. French Society for International Law.
Instituto Hispano-Luso-Americano de Derecho Internacional.
Married Alicia C. de Castaneda in 1985.