Chilean 🇨🇱 Anita Lizana first Latin American player to win a Grand Slam tournament without conceding a set in any of her matches. This victory made her number one in the world in 1937. More at 👇🏻
#Tenis
#sports
#WomenInSport
@sabatinigabyok
#OTD
1843 Chilean 🇨🇱 schooner Ancud under the command of Captain John Williams Wilson arrived to Punta Santa Ana consolidating the Chilean presence in the Strait of Magellan, a historic milestone for
#Chile
and the southern region.
#Magallanes
#Antarctica
#Antarctic
Sad day for 🇨🇱 Chilean diplomacy. Carolina Silva Pinto young outstanding career diplomat has passed away. Our condolences to her family, friends and colleagues. Thank you for your example of professionalism, courage, strength and determination. We will remember you.
#OTD
#Finland
🇫🇮105th
Independence Day I will attend official celebrations and convey best wishes of prosperity and wellbeing to President
@niinisto
#Finnish
diplomats and people here & around the globe. It is an honour to serve as Ambassador Chile 🇨🇱 to this remarkable country
A very special Independence Day Presidential Gala yesterday. Last time President
@niinisto
& Dr
@JenniHaukio
hosted this unforgettable & meaningful event that brings together people from all walks of life valued for their deeds to
#Finland
#itsen
äisyyspäivä
#linnanjuhlat
Yesterday was the first time I followed an election in
#Finland
. Positively impressed by the high civic participation, number of
#women
candidates and the seriousness with which the process was undertaken. Flags in
#Helsinki
a sign of
#democracy
in action. Respect.
What’s not to admire! Two Chilean 🇨🇱 researchers from my dear alma mater U.Chile participated in climate
#IPCCReport2021
. Dr.
@Maisa_Rojas
, Coordinating Lead Author of Working Group I, Dr.Laura Gallardo, Lead Author.
Photo: Courtesy
@CR2_uchile
#WomenInScience
The International
#Antarctic
Center will position Punta Arenas, Chile, 🇨🇱 at the top of the world
#Antarctic
stage, promoting research, encouraging international cooperation & educating the public about the importance of the White Continent. More at
@inach_gob
The largest icebreaker in South America is being built in Asmar
#Chile
🇨🇱 Now in final phase of construction before its launch into the sea, which is scheduled for December 22 in Talcahuano.
Follow at 👇🏻
via
@YouTube
#OTD
1916, the Chilean 🇨🇱 Navy cutter Yelcho commanded by Pilot Luis Pardo Villalón rescued the 22 men from the Shackleton Expedition who survived the wreck of the ‘Endurance’
#Antarctica
#Antartica
@1AlfredoZamudio
Abrazamos a ese niño que fue y le agradecemos su coraje para guiar a otros por el camino del diálogo. Recuerdo que lo conocimos en Nueva York velando por los desplazados internos. Hoy, desde el Centro Nansen ese niño sigue inspirándonos a ser mejores. Fuerza y gracias totales .
@AuschwitzMuseum
We remember you. How couldn’t we? We felt your pain when reading Anne’s Diary and learning about the tragic end. Edith, you and your precious daughters will remain a beacon for freedom and courage.
Today I will have the honour to pay respect to a man of peace President of the Republic of
#Finland
@NobelPrize
Martti Ahtisaari at state funeral & blessing ceremony in
#Helsinki
Cathedral. Diplomatic Corps will be headed by our Dean Ambassador of
#Croatia
🇭🇷
@BuljevicJosip
It was
#OTD
that I had the honour to present credentials to then President of
#Finland
🇫🇮 Sauli
@niinisto
in the Presidential Palace in
#Helsinki
I will always remember with gratitude the warm hospitality with which I was welcomed to this amazing land.
Today marks 1 yr since my arrival in
#Finland
. I will never ever forget the amazing people, the trees & the evening Sun that welcomed my partner and I to this
#Baltic
land. Eternal kiitos from the heart ❤️ Respect & gratitude
#Helsinki
#photo
@BSapag
(c)
#Suomi
series July 2022
Dec.22 is The Day!
Landmark Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
#TPNW
enters into force in Chile 🇨🇱 Will be participating in the first meeting of states parties committed to disarmament and non proliferation multilateral efforts. ⬇️
@IPPNW
#OTD
90 years ago Setsuko Thurlow was born. Her life was violently interrupted at 13 by the
#atomic
bomb yet she stood up as a survivor of the bombing of Hiroshima advocating throughout her life for public education on
#nuclear
#disarmament
.
#Ecuador
🇪🇨
#Japan
🇯🇵
#Malta
🇲🇹
#Mozambique
🇲🇿 and
#Switzerland
🇨🇭 joined the
@UN
Security Council on 1 January 2023 for a two-year term as part of the elected 10 (E10). Japan 🇯🇵 hits the ground running as President of the Council in January 2023.
Far from our home countries and loved ones, the lovely dinner hosted for the Diplomatic Corps by President of
#Finland
@alexstubb
& First Lady Suzanne Innes-Stubb at the Presidential Palace in
#Helsinki
is a warm gesture of hospitality that will remain in our hearts. Kiitos
@AuschwitzMuseum
Joseph, the bruises in your face are telling of torture and violence. Most likely you resisted and if so, admirable. The sadness in your eyes speaks volumes. Joseph, teacher, we will remember. The perpetrators will remain as such in the dungeons of history for eternity.
@vonderleyen
I’d rather the original. Those who are visiting Paris for once in a lifetime most likely will be disappointed. Let’s support clean art. This could have been done with ephemeral lighting leaving the original untouched.
Yesterday I was honoured to represent Chile 🇨🇱 in the 105 anniversary of the Independence of
#Finland
🇫🇮 and greeted President
@niinisto
his spouse
@JenniHaukio
and PM
@MarinSanna
Grateful to our host country
#Finland
Best wishes to
#Finnish
people here and around the globe
I was humbled by the warm welcome in my recent visit to green
#Ljubljana
. It is an honour to represent Chile 🇨🇱 in Slovenia 🇸🇮 as both countries share democratic and human rights priorities, a strong multilateral vocation and conservancy goals.
Photo: Courtesy STA
@AuschwitzMuseum
Both Father Peradze and Father Maximiliano Kolbe offered to take the place of someone whose life was going to be taken. Brave, courageous in eternity.
40% of large telescopes 🔭 in the world are based in Chile 🇨🇱.
A dark and radio-quiet sky, is not only essential for the use of these telescopes for
#Astronomy
& research but also for the protection of nocturnal
#wildlife
.
Photo: Courtesy
@chiletravel
@starstrickenSF
Grateful to
#Finnish
neighbours for their friendship at this time of the year far from my loved ones. I experienced with them the beautiful tradition at the cemetery remembering my deceased Father and sister. Lighting candles & playing music on a moonlit night gave me solace.
@RonanBrownen
#Finland
has all Seasons beautifully crafted. A local told me the trick is to do everything you’re supposed to do in each Season, sunbathe, step on the fallen leaves, slide in the snow and smell the flowers. In dark November days coffee near the stove.
Beautiful tradition. President
@alexstubb
& First Lady
@SuzanneInnesS
met with Ambassadors to
#Finland
🇫🇮in the Presidential Palace after the inauguration. Decorations are worn for this solemn occasion.
Nuclear tests have no space in this day and age. It’s high time states that haven’t done so ratify
#CTBT
bringing it into force as a key instrument to reducing nuclear arms race.
#CTBT
is an invaluable tool to build trust and foster cooperation for generations to come.
Encouraging news. 1st Meeting of States Parties to the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
#TPNW
, will take place in
#Vienna
🇦🇹 21-23 June 2022.
Get started with comprehensive book by Ambassador
@alexanderkmentt
⬇️
I was honoured to Chair Vienna Discussion Forum
#VDF2021
on
#Cyber
Equality and Digital Inclusion today cohosted by 🇸🇪 🇳🇴 🇫🇮 ,
@UNIDO
,
@UNODC
. Wonderful panelists and 150+ participants from all around the 🌎 in person and virtually 🇨🇱. Outcome document soon.
#STEM
#WomenInSTEM
Few people know her, but Katharine Wright worked closely with her brothers, aviation pioneers Wilbur and Orville Wright. She managed the bicycle shop, helped with flight operations, writing, communications and iterated ideas with them.
She was also a high school teacher.
What a find!
Bizarre tail weaponry in a transitional ankylosaur from subantarctic 🇨🇱 Chile
Published in ⬇️
@Nature
volume 600, pages 259–263 (2021)Cite this article
#dinosaur
#dinosaurs
#paleontology
#OTD
1916 Luis Antonio Pardo, known as “Piloto Pardo” from
#Chile
🇨🇱 commanded the steam tug Yelcho that rescued the 22 survivors of the Endurance shipwreck. One of his grandsons Jaime Pardo was Ambassador of Chile to
#Finland
#Antarctic
#Antartica
🇦🇶
photo: Armada de Chile
#ValentineDay
February 14, 2022 marks 55th anniversary of signature opening of Treaty for the Prohibition of
#Nuclear
Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean. 🇨🇱 Chile also signed the 1963 joint presidential statement launching the
#TratadoDeTlatelolco
process lead by Mexico.
@AuschwitzMuseum
We will remember you Leiser, the pain in your eyes and the bruises on your face. Your spirit unbreakable remains in the echoes of our hearts.
Joulukorttikuvat voi hyvin ottaa nyt. Tuntuu että viime vuosina Helsingin sydäntalvi olisi ajoittunut useamminkin marraskuulle. Ja pikkujouluaikasesonkina saattanut olla sulaa.. ☃️🔥
#Helsinki
#talvi
Maryam Mirzakhani outstanding mathematician. First woman awarded with the Fields Prize. Passed away at 40 after struggling stage 4 cancer.
#OTD
#InternationalDay
Women in
#Maths
Good news. Professor of International
#Law
and founding Director of the Centre for Women, Peace and Security at the London School of Economics
@LSE_WPS
Dr. Christine Chinkin will be the first woman to Chair
#InternationalLawAssociation
!
#OTD
9 August 1914
#ToveJansson
was born in
#Helsinki
. She has been a healing companion since my arrival in
#Finland
after the loss of two of my dearest relatives. The story started with a visit to the beloved
#Moomin
Museum in
#Tampere
🧵1/9
The 8th Secretary General of the
@UN
Ban Ki-moon is in
#Finland
with Madam Yoo (Ban) Soon-taek. Enlightening to hear his
#multilateral
wisdom in challenging times and lovely to greet them in this beautiful land.
@KayeSteinsapir
Very happy for Nate. He’s adorable. I wish there could be a camp for adults. As time passes by the loss of my sis sometime is unbearable. I never had time to grieve. Nobody understands unless they have faced it. Childhood experiences with siblings remain carved in our hearts.
Epic encounter in
#Helsinki
. BASSO, Lauri Porra’s composition reverberated in Senate Square with over one hundred voices & a legion of electric bass players. Once in a lifetime in
#Finland
. Still at awe. 🧵 1/2