Liberato Bautista

Chairperson, Committee of Religious NGOs, United Nations and International Affairs

Previously, Liberato Bautista served as President of CoNGO—the Conference of Nongovernmental Organizations in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations and as of the Council of Organizations in New York of the United Nations Association of the USA. He is currently Assistant General Secretary for United Nations and International Affairs of the General Board of Church and Society of the United Methodist Church, serving as its main representative to the UN worldwide. Liberato is a political scientist and ethicist. He is a published writer and author, and lectures and speaks widely on varied topics on politics, international affairs, and religion.