Ralph J. Bunche III

Ralph J. Bunche III (born 1979) is an American lawyer and politician. He is the General Secretary of the Brussels-based Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO), an international membership organization established to facilitate the voices of unrepresented and marginalised nations and peoples worldwide. UNPO members consist of indigenous peoples, minorities, and other nations and peoples that are not fully represented in domestic and international governance structures in accordance with their right to self-determination. He was elected General Secretary of UNPO in September 2018 and received his responsibilities in January 2019.

Bunche in addition to his duties as General Secretary of the UNPO, he also manages UNPO's Dutch and US foundations. He is a lawyer who has worked with governments, businesses and civil society around the world on international law, criminal justice and human rights issues.^[1]

He is also the Head of Cornwall Brussels Office (CBO) represents the interests of Cornwall in Brussels. The CBO is established jointly by Cornwall Council, the Cornwall & Isles of Scilly Local Enterprise Partnership and the Combined Universities in Cornwall and works on a range of European Union (EU) policy matters.

Bunche received his B.A. degree from Keele University in 2000, his M.A. from the University of Essex in 2002 and his J.D. from Columbia Law School in 2006.^[2] His grandfather was African-American political and social scientist Ralph Bunche who served the United Nations in various capacities and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1950 for his work as mediator in Palestine in 1948–1949.^[3]

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