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CHRISTOPHER HILL

Tuesday, April 29, 2008
7:30 p.m. in the Fine Arts Center, Lazzara Performance Hall

KOREA: THE ART OF NEGOTIATION-BRIDGING THE 50-YEAR DIVIDE

Christopher R. Hill, has been Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs since April 2005.

Ambassador Hill is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service whose most recent assignment was serving as ambassador to the Republic of Korea. In February of ‘05, he was named the head of the U.S. delegation to the Six-Party Talks on the North Korean nuclear issue. Previously he has served as U.S. ambassador to Poland, ambassador to the Republic of Macedonia and special envoy to Kosovo. He also served as special assistant to the President and senior director for Southeast European Affairs in the National Security Council.

Earlier in his foreign service career, Hill served tours in Belgrade, Warsaw, Seoul, and Tirana, and on the Department of State’s policy planning staff and in the Department’s Operation Center. While on a fellowship with the American Political Science Association, he served as a staff member for Congressman Stephen Solarz working on Eastern European issues. Prior to joining the foreign service, Hill served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Cameroon.

This lecture is co-hosted by UNF and the World Affairs Council of Jacksonville’s Global Issues Forum.

If you have a disability and require an accommodation for this occasion, please contact the Division of Institutional Advancement at (904) 620-2117 five days before the event to enable us to provide you a reasonable accommodation for the event.

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