"U.S. - Russian Relations before and after September 11th"

Yury V. Ushakov - Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the United States

Wednesday, April 24th
3:00 p.m.
111 Carroll Hall
School of Journalism
Open to the public. Free admission.
Short Biography of Yury V. Ushakov

1970 - graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) and joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the USSR.

1992-1996- Director, Department of All European Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (in charge of the OSCE, EU, NATO, NACC, WEU, Council of Europe, European regional organizations).

1996-1998 - Ambassador, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the Organization of Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Vienna, Austria.

1998-1999 - Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (in charge of the UN, legal, humanitarian affairs, human rights, linguistic services and archives).

Since January 1999 - Ambassador to the United States of America. Also serves as the Permanent Observer to the Organization of American States.

Sponsored by the UNC-CH Office of the Provost, the University Center for International Studies, UNC-Moscow State University for International Relations program, the School of Journalism and Mass Communication.

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