Ms Rosemary McCarney, (BA, LLB, MBA) is an award‐winning humanitarian, a business leader, an author, a recognized public speaker and an expert on international economic development. She worked with the World Bank, the International Finance Corporation, USAID and the Canadian International Development Agency, as well as with foreign governments and UN bodies. She was appointed to the position of Canadian Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations and the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva in 2015. Ms McCarney has appeared regularly on national and international radio and television programmes. She has also written a series of children’s books on social and rights issues affecting children around the world, including in Canada; the first book, Every Day is Malala Day (published by Second Story Press, March 2014), is available in 12 languages in 20 countries. Her fourth book, The Way to School was published in September 2015.