Vice-President of the IHFFC (since 20 February 2017). Member since 2017.
Ambassador Labbé read law at the University of Chile, and the Pontifical Catholic Universities of Ecuador, and Perú, and graduated at the "Andrés Bello” Diplomatic Academy in Chile. He concluded his Post-graduate studies at the Chilean War Academy, Santiago.
At the Chilean Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Labbé served as Director General for Foreign Policy, as a Permanent Representative to the United Nations and the International Organisations in Vienna, as the Director for International and Human Security, as Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN in New York, as Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva, as the Deputy Permanent Representative to the Conference on Disarmament, as the Head of the Disarmament and International Security Department, as Chargé d'Affaires to the Syrian Arab Republic, as Deputy Chief of Mission in Hungary, as the Head of the South American Department at the Directorate for Bilateral Policy, and as Diplomatic Secretary at the Embassies of Chile in Perú, Nicaragua and Ecuador.
Along his career, Ambassador Labbé developed expertise in cultural, neighboring and multilateral diplomacy, particularly in International Security and Disarmament, UN Reform and Human Rights. He has worked to develop and strengthen International Humanitarian Law and humanitarian-related Disarmament International Law, contributing to the negotiation, universalisation and implementation processes of the Ottawa Convention, the Oslo Convention and the Arms Trade Treaty.
Since 2005, Ambassador Labbé has been associated to the NPT Review process. He has chaired the II Conference of the States Parties and Signatories to the Treaties establishing Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones, and headed the Chilean Delegation to the III Conference on Humanitarian Consequences of Nuclear Weapons. He now teaches at the Chilean War Academy Postgraduate Programme (2016-present). He has been appointed as Non-Resident Fellow of the Stimson Center, Washington, D.C (2016).