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 H.E.
Mrs. Edith Grace Ssempala currently serves as The Ambassador
Extraordinaire and Plenipotentiary of Uganda to the United States of
America, and also as representative to the World Bank and International
Monetary Fund, 1996 to date.
For
ten years, Mrs.Ssempala served as Ambassador Extraordinaire and
Plenipotentiary of Uganda to Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden,
while based in Copenhagen, Denmark. During that time, she initiated and
coordinated official and private visits by President Yoweri Museveni to
Denmark, Sweden, and Norway (1986-1996). From 1992 to 1996, while in
Denmark, she served as Dean of the Diplomatic Corps.
SELECTED ACTIVITIES
May 2001,
Ambassador Ssempala played a crucial role in planning and coordinating the
visit to Uganda by the U.S. Secretary of State, Gen. Collin Powell. She
went on to accompany him throughout his visit in Uganda.
1997,
Coordinated President and Mrs. Yoweri Museveni's visit to Washington, D.C.
1997, Initiated
and coordinated the visits to Uganda by former First Lady of the United
States of America, Hillary Rodham Clinton and former Secretary of State,
Madeleine K. Albright to Uganda; and accompanied them throughout their
visit.
1998, played a
key role planning for the state visit to Uganda by former President Bill
Clinton of the United States, and former First Lady, Hillary Rodham.
Mrs Ssempala is
credited with being the leading promoter of passage of the African Growth
and Opportunity Act (AGOA), which was signed into law by former President
Clinton in May 2000.
SPEECHES AND LECTURES
Gave testimony
before the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry on the
Africa Growth and Opportunity Act;
Spoke at a
conference on Trade and Investment in Africa organized by Congresswoman
Cynthia McKinney and Corporate Council on Africa (Atlanta, GA.).
"Opportunities for Women in Africa"
Featured as a
panel tone-setter on Political Reform in Africa at a Town Hall meeting
organized by Constituency for Africa (CFA) and Mayor Webb of Denver, CO.
Delivered a
keynote speech "Africa in the Next Decade - the Bad News and the Good
News" at the United Nations Global Community Day in Washington.
Delivered a
lecture on the "Uganda Miracle" at the African Studies Department,
Georgetown University.
Keynote speaker
on observing Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday organized by Friends of
Africa's Martin Luther King Observance at the Boys and Girls Club of
Washington, D.C.
Served as a
panelist on the International Trends and Services Panel The Links,
incorporated National Assembly, Boston, MA. "Issues affecting Uganda:
Education".
Lectured on
Uganda's Political and Economic Transformation for the last decade to
Political Science and International Relations Students at Brigham Young
University, Utah.
Organized
seminar on Uganda-Nordic Private Sector Cooperation in Copenhagen,
Stockholm and Oslo (1994).
Organized
seminar on "Democracy and Human Rights in Uganda" in Stockholm (1990),
Copenhagen (1989).
AFFILIATIONS
Member of the
Advisory Board of Center for Strategic and International Studies - Africa
Program 1998-99.
PUBLICATIONS
"The Road to Development: Africa in the 21st Century"
"Democracy - Uganda's Experience"
AWARDS
International
Service Award to a Foreign Woman (Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. 2000)
International
Trends and Services Award (The Links, Inc. 2000) |
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