Yuli Vorontsov, Permanent Representative of the USSR to the UN.

Yuli Vorontsov (1929-2007) in diplomatic service since 1952 1952-1954 - Expert, Chief Expert and then Attaché of the Second European Section at the USSR Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1954-1958 - Attaché and then Third Secretary at the Permanent Mission of the USSR to the UN 1958-1963 - Second Secretary, First Secretary and then Counsellor at the Section of International Organizations of the USSR Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1963-1965 - Counsellor at the Permanent Mission of the USSR to the UN 1965-1966 - Deputy Head of the Section of International Organizations at the USSR Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1966-1977 - Counsellor and then Minister-Counsellor at the Embassy of the USSR to the USA 1977 - Deputy Head of the Foreign Policy Planning Office of the USSR Ministry of Foreign Affairs, member of the Ministry Board 1977-1983 - Ambassador of the USSR to India 1983-1986 - Ambassador of the USSR to France 1986-1989 - First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the USSR, starting 1988 shared the office of Ambassador of the USSR to Afghanistan 1990-1994 - Permanent Representative of the USSR to the UN 1994-1998 - Ambassador of Russia to the USA since 1999 - Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for CIS, since 2000 sharing the posto of the Secretary-General's High-level Coordinator for compliance by Iraq with its obligations regarding the repatriation or return of all Kuwaiti and third country nationals or their remains, as well as the return of all Kuwaiti property, including archives seized by Iraq