In memory of Ambassador Yuli Vorontsov, Special Envoy of the United Nations, Secretary-General for CIS and former First-Deputy Foreign-Minister of the USSR
On 12 December 2007, Russia lost one of its corner stone career diplomats – Ambassador Yuli Vorontsov, aged 78, whose unique international experience made him a highly regarded figure in international diplomacy. Ambassador Yuli Vorontsov graduated from the Moscow State Institute of Foreign Relations (MGIMO) in 1952, and rose quickly through the diplomatic ranks to the post of First Deputy Foreign Minister. He played important roles in some of the watershed events of the Cold War, from arm talks…
