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Interview with Her Excellency Christina Rocca, Ambassador of the United States at the Conference on Disarmament
Christina Rocca

Q : Mrs. Ambassador what is your background ? Throughout my career I have been very fortunate to have had both very challenging and interesting jobs. I am especially privileged now to represent the United States at the Conference on Disarmament. President Bush nominated me for this post in May 2006 and the Senate confirmed me on August 3. I immediately came to Geneva with the clear goal of encouraging the conference on Disarmament to get back to work and of…

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Interview with Sergio de Queiroz Duarte, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs
Sergio de Queiroz Duarte

On 2 July 2007, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon announced the appointment of Sergio de Queiroz Duarte of Brazil as the High Representative for Disarmament at the Under-Secretary-General level. Mr. Duarte is not a newcomer to diplomacy for he served for 48 years in the Brazilian Foreign Service before taking up his new position in the United Nations. He has a solid experience of disarmament issues to his credit, and we might mention in passing that he was a…

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