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Ambassador Sichan Siv was nominated by President George W. Bush in October 2001 and unanimously confirmed by the Senate as U.S. Representative to the UN Economic and Social Council. Ambassador Siv was a delegate to the 57th UN Commission on Human Rights. From 1989 to 1993, during the Administration of President George H.W. Bush, he served as Deputy Assistant to the President for Public Liaison and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian Affairs. Ambassador Siv holds a Masters of International Affairs degree from Columbia University. He was born in Cambodia and resettled as a refugee in Wallingford, Connecticut. [more profiles]
Ambassador Sichan Siv was nominated by President George W. Bush in October 2001 and unanimously confirmed by the Senate as U.S. Representative to the UN Economic and Social Council. Ambassador Siv was a delegate to the 57th UN Commission on Human Rights. From 1989 to 1993, during the Administration of President George H.W. Bush, he served as Deputy Assistant to the President for Public Liaison and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian Affairs. Ambassador Siv holds a Masters of International Affairs degree from Columbia University. He was born in Cambodia and resettled as a refugee in Wallingford, Connecticut. [