| R 437 |
| 2023 -- S 1127 Enacted 06/15/2023 |
| S E N A T E R E S O L U T I O N |
| WELCOMING THE HONORABLE LUIS GILBERTO MURILLO-URRUTIA, COLOMBIAN AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED STATES, TO THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND |
Introduced By: Senators Cano, Acosta, Felag, Gu, Britto, LaMountain, F. Lombardi, Lawson, Picard, and Lombardo |
| Date Introduced: June 15, 2023 |
| WHEREAS, The Honorable Luis Gilberto Murillo is a man of extraordinary |
| accomplishments and vast experience, particularly in the areas of "public policy design, |
| implementation, and advocacy, sustainable regional development, environmental protection, |
| social inclusion, and peace building"; and |
| WHEREAS, Born in Chocó, Colombia, Ambassador Murillo’s educational background |
| includes a Bachelor’s degree in Mining Engineering, and a Master’s degree in Engineering |
| Sciences; and |
| WHEREAS, Over the course of his illustrious career, Ambassador Murillo was elected as |
| Governor of Chocó in 1997 and 2011, served as Director General of the Corporation for |
| Sustainable Development of Chocó, was appointed by President Juan Manuel Santos as Director |
| of the Presidential Initiative Todos Somos Pazcífico in 2014, and between 2016 and 2018, served |
| as the first afrocolombian Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development of Colombia. In |
| 2022, he ran as a Presidential Candidate and later joined Sergio Fajardo’s Presidential campaign |
| as the Vice Presidential candidate; and |
| WHEREAS, Throughout his career, Ambassador Murillo has consistently worked and |
| advocated for the use of "restorative processes that leave ecosystems in apt conditions to follow a |
| process of natural regeneration"; and |
| WHEREAS, Academically, Ambassador Murillo has been a professor at Externado |
| University, Santo Tomas University, and the Technological University of Chocó. He was also a |
| Research Fellow at American University’s Center for Latin America and Latino Studies, was a |
| Martin Luther King Scholar at MIT, and was the first Colombian national to serve as Adviser to |
| the Environmental Solutions Initiate; and |
| WHEREAS, In 2000, Ambassador Murillo survived a political abduction by a |
| paramilitary group in Columbia and subsequently fled with his family to Washington, D.C., |
| where he was granted political asylum; and |
| WHEREAS, In 2022, the Honorable Luis Gilberto Murillo was named as Colombia’s |
| first Black Ambassador to the United States; now, therefore be it |
| RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island hereby welcomes |
| Ambassador Luis Gilberto Murillo-Urrutia to the Rhode Island State House. We furthermore |
| wish him good health, fulfillment, and much success as he works towards the betterment of his |
| country and the world community; and be it further |
| RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to |
| transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Ambassador Luis Gilberto Murillo-Urrutia. |
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