H.E. Agustín Vásquez Gómez, Chairperson of the Fourth Review Conference, is Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of El Salvador to the Kingdom of the Netherlands and Permanent Representative to the International Organisations in The Hague. Ambassador Vásquez Gómez is a career diplomat and has built experience in diplomacy, international law and multilateral organisations, particularly in negotiations at bilateral and multilateral level on political, economical and cooperation for development initiatives and programs, mainly in the framework of the Organization of American States from 2007 to 2014.
In the OPCW, Ambassador Vásquez Gómez represented his country as Vice Chair of the 22nd Conference of State Parties and since November 2017 has participated actively as member of the Bureau of the Open Ended Working Group for the Preparation of the Fourth Review Conference, in representation of the Latin American and Caribbean Group.
His experience in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of El Salvador goes back to 2001, year when he was appointed as Strategic Affairs Advisor to the Presidential Commissioner for the Gulf of Fonseca; later on, in 2004, he became the General Director of Sovereignty and Borders.
Ambassador Vásquez Gómez chaired a number of Working Groups and Negotiating Mechanisms within the Inter-American Council for Integral Development; he was Vice President of the Inter-American Agency for Cooperation and Development and Advisor of the Chair of the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States.
From 2001 to 2003 Ambassador Vásquez Gómez was Deputy Agent of the Republic of El Salvador to the International Court of Justice in a case related to the Application for Revision of a Judgment delivered by the ICJ on land, island and maritime dispute in 1992. During the same period, Ambassador Vásquez Gómez held the Chairmanship of the Special Commission for Demarcation El Salvador – Honduras and was Deputy Commissioner to the International Boundary and Water Commission El Salvador – Guatemala.
Ambassador Vásquez Gómez is also a retired Navy Officer from the Salvadoran Naval Forces.