2022: H.E. Lachezara Stoeva (Bulgaria)

Her Excellency Lachezara Stoeva was elected the President of the 2023 session (July 2022 to July 2023) of the Economic and Social Council on 25 July 2022. Ambassador Lachezara Stoeva is the seventy-eight President of the Council. Ambassador Lachezara Stoeva is currently the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Bulgaria to the United Nations in New York.

Biography

Seventy-eight President of the Economic and Social Council

Her Excellency Lachezara Stoeva was elected the seventy-eight President of the Economic and Social Council on 25 July 2022. Ambassador Lachezara Stoeva is currently the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Bulgaria to the United Nations in New York. 

Her Excellency Lachezara Stoeva assumed her duties as Permanent Representative of Bulgaria to the United Nations on 16 February 2021. 

Before her appointment, Ms. Stoeva headed the Department of Economic, Financial and Administrative Affairs of the United Nations, in Bulgaria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She served as Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations from 2016 to 2019, prior to which she was Acting Deputy Permanent Representative and Counsellor, responsible for issues including international security and disarmament. Prior to her posting in New York, Ms. Stoeva headed the Foreign Ministry’s Department of Arms Control and Non-Proliferation from 2013 to 2014, and the Department of International Development Cooperation from 2012 until 2013. 

She first joined the Ministry in 2002 and has worked extensively on international security issues with an emphasis on arms control, non-proliferation and United Nations issues. Ms. Stoeva holds master’s degrees in European politics and government from the London School of Economics and in political science from Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”. 

She was born in 1977 in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Statements
14 November 2023Statement on Introduction of the Report of the Economic and Social Council to the 33 plenary meeting of the General Assembly
27 July 2023“Handover Remarks” on Economic and Social Council - Organizational Session
20 July 2023Closing Remarks on 2023 ECOSOC High-level Segment
19 July 2023Setting the State Remarks on Africa Day at the HLPF virtual side event
19 July 2023Opening Remarks on Intergenerational Dialogue on Leveraging Skills and Investment to Achieve the SDGs
17 July 2023Remarks on Launch of the report of the International Science Council Global Commission on Science Missions for Sustainability
17 July 2023Opening Statement on Ministerial Segment of High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development and High-Level Segment of ECOSOC
14 July 2023Address on UN-Habitat corporate side event in the margins of the 2023 ECOSOC High Level Political Forum
12 July 2023Statement on the High-Level Political Forum Side Event, “Culture as a Global Public Good: Towards a Culture Development Goal beyond 2030”
12 July 2023Remarks on The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World
10 July 2023Opening Statement on High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development
7 July 2023Statement on World Kiswahili Language Day
5 July 2023Opening Remarks on the High-level interactive dialogue on Culture and Sustainable Development - “Culture as a global public good: Filling SDG implementation gaps beyond 2030”
29 June 2023Opening Remarks on Joint Meeting of the Economic and Social Council and the Peacebuilding Commission - The importance of the SDGs in linking peace and development on the ground
27 June 2023Remarks on Briefing of the President of ECOSOC on the 2023 HLPF and High-level Segment of ECOSOC
20 June 2023Remarks on International Forum of Volunteers
16 June 2023Opening Remarks on ECOSOC Special meeting - SAVING LIVES: ADDRESSING THE URGENT FOOD SECURITY  NEEDS OF HAITI
15 June 2023Remarks on High-Level Side Event in the margins of the General Assembly High-Level Debate on “Equal Access to Justice for All: Advancing Reforms for Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies”
7 June 2023Live Video Remarks on Second Session of the United Nations Habitat Assembly - High-Level Dialogue of the Special Theme on the United Nations Habitat Assembly, Panel 4 “Key Takeaways and Directions for the Summit of the Future”
5 June 2023Remarks on World Environment Day - “Solutions to Plastic Pollution”
23 May 2023Opening Remarks on High-level Policy Dialogue of the Africa Dialogue Series 2023
22 May 2023Video Message on 32nd Session Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice
18 May 2023Opening Remarks on 137th session of the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB)
15 May 2023Remarks on 79th Session of ESCAP - “Accelerating climate action in Asia and the Pacific for sustainable development”
11 May 2023Opening Remarks on United Nations General Assembly High-Level Meeting on Middle-Income Countries
8 May 2023Statement on Opening of the Eighteenth Session of the United Nations Forum on Forests
4 May 2023Closing Remarks on Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology, and Innovation
3 May 2023Opening remarks on 8th Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals
3 May 2023Opening Remarks on Meeting with Major Groups and other stakeholders: Science Technology, Innovation, and Engineering Solutions for the SDGs: Theory, Practice, and Application
2 May 2023Closing Remarks on ECOSOC Special meeting - Unleashing the transformative power of SDG16: Improving governance and reducing corruption
2 May 2023Opening Remarks on ECOSOC Special meeting - Unleashing the transformative power of SDG16: Improving governance and reducing corruption
27 April 2023Closing Remarks on the ECOSOC Youth Forum
26 April 2023Statement on ECOSOC Youth Forum Africa Regional Breakout Session
25 April 2023Statement on Accelerating the COVID-19 Recovery and Full Implementation of the 2030 Agenda with and for Youth
20 April 2023Statement on 2023 ECOSOC Forum on Financing for Development follow-up
17 April 2023Statement on Opening Session of the Twenty-Second Session of The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
17 April 2023Opening remarks on 2023 ECOSOC Forum on Financing for Development follow-up
29 March 2023Statement on Peacebuilding Commission Ambassadorial-Level Meeting on Mozambique’s Experience in Peacebuilding: Lessons Learned and Challenges Ahead
29 March 2023Opening remarks on Regional Forum on Sustainable Development for the UNECE Region - “Ensuring the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in the ECE Region in times of multiple crises”
27 March 2023  Opening remarks on 10th Asia-Pacific Regional Forum for Sustainable Development - “Accelerating the recovery from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and the full implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at all levels in Asia and the Pacific”
27 March 2023 Statement on Twenty-sixth Session of the Commission on Science and Technology for Development
27 March 2023 Statement on 22nd session of the Committee of Experts on Public Administration
22 March 2023Statement on UN 2023 Water Conference
21 March 2023Statement on 2023 Celebration of the International Day of Forests
20 March 2023Remarks on the Economic and Social Councils as drivers for sustainable solutions to new challenges towards southeastern Europe integration Social Dialogue Summit 2023
16 March 2023Closing remarks on 2023 Arab Forum for Sustainable Development Solutions and Action
13 March 2023Statement on Opening Segment of 66th Session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND)
9 March 2023Statement on UN Interagency Task Force on the Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases
8 March 2023Statement on Meeting of the UN Resident Coordinators and National Focal Points from LDCs “Rolling out the Doha Programme of Action at the Country Level” during the Fifth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries
6 March 2023Statement on International Organization of Employers' roundtable at LDC5
6 March 2023Statement on Opening of the 67st Session of the Commission on the Status of Women
5 March 2023Opening Remarks on Fifth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC5)
28 February 2023Statement for Opening session of the Ninth session of the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development
27 February 2023Opening Statement for VNR-VLR Workshop
24 February 2023Statement on CDP Open Session “ECOSOC interaction”
20 February 2023Statement on 25th session of the Committee for Development Policy
6 February 2023Opening Remarks on the 61st Session of The Commission for Social Development
1 February 2023Opening Remarks on 2023 ECOSOC Coordination Segment
31 January 2023Closing Remarks on 2023 ECOSOC Partnership Forum “Accelerating the recovery from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and the full implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at all levels.”
31 January 2023Opening Remarks on 2023 ECOSOC Partnership Forum “Accelerating the recovery from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and the full implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at all levels.”
25 January 2023Keynote Speech on the Handover Ceremony of the Presidency of the Like-minded Group of Countries in support of Middle-Income Countries
24 January 2023Opening and Closing Remarks on "Social and economic measures to prevent genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity"
19 January 2023Statement on Joint Briefing on the work of ECOSC and the General Assembly
5 December 2022Video Message on 31ST Session Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Thematic Discussions on Follow-Up to Kyoto Declaration
2 December 2022Opening Remarks on Joint ECOSOC-PBC Meeting - Peacebuilding, Sustaining Peace and Sustainable Development: Towards Coherence and Impact on the Ground
1 December 2022Statement on Accessibility Fair and Awareness Summit
16 November 2022Statement for the UN Tolerance Day commemoration during the United Through Sports World Youth Festival 2022
31 October 2022Remarks on Launch of UN-Nutrition Strategy 2022−2030: One UN for Nutrition
20 October 2022Statement on Introduction of the Session of the Resident Coordinators’ Exchange with Member States during the 2022 Global meeting of United Nations Resident Coordinators
13 October 2022Opening Statement on Committee on World Food Security 50th Annual Plenary Session
11 October 2022Opening Statement on Joint meeting of the Second Committee and the Economic and Social Council
28 September 2022Video Statement of the President of ECOSOC briefing to the 51st regular session of the UN Human Rights Council
22 September 2022Remarks on Ministerial Meeting of the Like-minded Group in Support of Middle-Income Countries “Revamping development cooperation with middle-income countries to achieve a sustainable recovery and foster sustainable development”
22 September 2022Remarks on Annual Ministerial Meeting of the Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
22 September 2022Remarks on 21st Meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Group of Landlocked Developing Countries
21 September 2022Statement on High-Level Meeting of the ECOSOC Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Haiti with Caribbean Partners
25 July 2022Inaugural Statement of the President of ECOSOC
Letters
25 January 2023Development Cooperative Forum
22 December 2022Appointment of Co-Chairs of Group of Friends of the VNRs
28 October 2022Summary of the meeting of the Presidents of ECOSOC and the General Assembly organized on 20 October 2022
25 October 2022SDG Investment Fair
14 October 2022Appointment of the co-facilitators for the outcome of the ECOSOC Forum on financing for development follow-up
13 October 2022Eighth Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals (hereafter STI Forum)
29 September 2022Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs) to be conducted at 2023 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) convened under the auspices of ECOSOC
28 July 2022Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs) to be conducted at 2023 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) convened under the auspices of ECOSOC