January 15, 2002
RICHARD S. WILLIAMSON SWORN IN AS AMBASSADOR FOR SPECIAL POLITICAL AFFAIRS
Ambassador John D. Negroponte, United States Representative to the United Nations, this week swore in Richard S. Williamson as the new Alternate Representative for Special Political Affairs to the United Nations.
Williamson, formerly a partner with the Chicago-based international law firm of Mayer, Brown and Platt, has served as co-chairman of Enterprise Works Worldwide, has been a board member of the United Nations Association - USA, the International Republican Institute and the Foreign Policy Research Institute. He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
His foreign policy experience includes service as Assistant Secretary of State for International Organizations from 1988 to 1989, U.S. Ambassador representing the U.S. at the United Nations Office in Vienna, Austria, from 1983 to 1985, and delegate to the U.N. Human Rights Commission in 1987, 1988 and 1989.
Williamson currently sits on the Board of Directors of the Foreign Policy Research Institute and the United Nations Association. He has authored five books and over 100 articles for a variety of periodicals. Williamson is a graduate of Princeton University and the University of Virginia Law School.
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