Volodymyr YEL’CHENKO
(Curriculum Vitae)
Born on June 27, 1959 in Kyiv, Ukraine.
Graduated from Kyiv State University in 1981 (M.A.Diploma in International relations and International law).
Employment and professional career:
| 1981 – 1986 | Third, Second Secretary,
Department of State Protocol, Department of International Organizations MFA of Ukraine, Kyiv. |
| 1986 – 1992 | Second Secretary,
Permanent Mission of Ukraine to the United Nations, New York.
|
| 1992 – 1993 | First Secretary, Chief of Section,
Department of International Organizations, MFA of Ukraine, Kyiv.
|
| 1993
|
International Civil Affairs Officer,
United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR), Sector West (Croatia).
|
| 1993 – 1997 | Deputy Director, Director,
Department of International Organizations, MFA of Ukraine, Kyiv. |
| 1997 – 2000 | Ambassador,
Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations
|
| 2000 – 2001
|
Representative of Ukraine to the UN Security Council |
| 2000 – 2003 | Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, Deputy Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine |
| 2003-2005
|
First Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
|
| 2004 – 2005
|
Chairman of the National Commission of Ukraine for UNESCO, Member of UNESCO Executive Board
|
| 2005 –2010 | Ambassador of Ukraine to the Republic of Austria, Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the International Organizations in Vienna
|
| 2010 – 2015
|
Ambassador of Ukraine to the Russian Federation |
| 2015 – 2019
From December 2019 |
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations, Representative of Ukraine to the UN Security Council
Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States.
|
As a delegate or representative of Ukraine took part in various sessions, meetings and conferences of the United Nations and other international organizations.
Headed delegations of Ukraine at the 3rd Session of the Preparatory Committee for the 2000 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons; 9th and 13th sessions of the UNIDO General Conference (2001, 2009); 132nd Session of the General Assembly of the International Bureau of Exhibitions (2002); 28th International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent (2003).
Chairman of the 26th Session of the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (2006). Chairman of the Second (2008) Session of the Preparatory Committee for the 2010 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. Chairman of Main Committee 2 of the 2010 NPT Review Conference.
In 2014 – 2015 served as member of the Group of Governmental Experts to make recommendations on possible aspects of a Treaty banning the production of fissile materials for nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices.
Member of the Delegation of Ukraine at the 2016 Washington Nuclear Summit.
Member of the Delegations of Ukraine at the OSCE Council of Ministers (Budapest, 1995), London International Meeting on Bosnia (July 1995), First and Second London Peace Implementation Conferences (December 1995, December 1996), Ankara Donors Conference for Bosnia and Herzegovina (March 1996). Represented Ukraine at the 13 – 17th meetings of the OSCE Council of Ministers (2005-2009). Head of the Delegation of Ukraine at the 14th Meeting of the OSCE Council of Ministers (Brussels, 2006).
Co-Chair of the Ukrainian-American foreign policy Committee (2001-2004).
Member of Ukrainian delegations at the Ministerial meetings between Ukraine and the European Union “Troika” (Rome, 1996, New York, 1996, 1998, 1999, The Hague, 1997), EU-Ukraine Summit (Kyiv, 2005); Summit Meeting of the Heads of Government of the Central European Initiative (Skopje, 2002).
Deputy Head of Delegation of Ukraine at the XII Ministerial Conference of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries (New Delhi, April 1997). Head of Delegation of Ukraine at the XIII Conference of the Heads of State or Government of the Non-Aligned Movement (Kuala Lumpur, February 2003).
In April-May 1994 served as electoral observer for the United Nations Observer Mission in South Africa.
CiO Special Representative and the Head of OSCE Rapporteurs Mission to Mongolia (May 2013).
Chair of the UN Security Council Sanctions Committees on Central African Republic (2016-17), Liberia (2016), Sudan (2017).
As a member of special missions of the UN Security Council visited Kosovo (April 2000), Sierra Leone, Guinea, Mali, Nigeria, Liberia (October 2000), Burundi, Ethiopia (January 2016), Mali, Guinea-Bissau, Senegal (March 2016), Central African Republic (May 2016), Colombia (May 2017), Sudan (May 2017), Haiti (June 2017).
Holds diplomatic rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.
State Awards: Order of Merit, III, II and I Grades (Ukraine), Cruzeiro do Sul (Brazil).
Knowledge of foreign languages: English, Russian.
Married to Iryna YELCHENKO. They have one daughter.
May 27, 2020 at the Virtual Discussion