Andrey Gromyko, First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the USSR, and Arkadiy Sobolev, Permanent Representative of the USSR to the UN, before a Disarmament Commission meeting in the UN Headquarters (3 July 1956). Arkadiy Sobolev, Permanent Representative of the USSR to the UN and Dag Hammarskjöld, UN Secretary-General. (New York, 1 October 1956)

Arkadiy Sobolev (1903-1964) in diplomatic service since 1939 1939-1942 - Secretary General of the USSR People’s Commissariat for Foreign Affairs 1942-1945 - Counsellor at the Embassy of the USSR in Great Britain 1946-1949 - Assistant Secretary General of the United Nations, Head of the Department of Political Affairs / Security Council Affairs 1949-1950 - Head of the UN Section at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the USSR, member of the Ministry Board 1950-1951 - Head of the USA Section at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the USSR 1951-1953 - Ambassador of the USSR to Poland 1953-1954 - Head of the Section of American States at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the USSR 1954-1955 - Deputy Permanent Representative of the USSR to the UN 1955-1960 - Permanent Representative of the USSR to the UN and USSR Representative to the UN Security Council 1960-1964 - Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the USSR