ICAS Bulletin
Institute for Corean-American Studies, Inc.
The Hon Samuel V Brock
Counselor and Deputy Director,
Office of UN Political Affairs, Bureau of International Organization Affairs
United States Department of State
to speak
United States Policy In the United
Nations
ICAS Fall Symposium: Humanity,
Peace and Secuirty
October 8,
2004 Friday 9:30 AM - 3:30 PM
Amado Recital Hall Irvine Auditorium
University of Pennsylvania
3401 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104
Dear Friend:
We are pleased to share with you
that The Hon Samuel V Brock will present "United States Policy in the United Nations"
at the ICAS Fall Symposium 2004.
Other confirmed speakers, to date, include Thomas
Byrne (ICAS Fellow; Vice President and Senior Credit Officer, Financial Institutions
and Sovereign Group, Moody's Investors Service), Chuck Downs (ICAS Fellow; Author,
Over the Line: North Korea's Negotiating Strategy), Lawrence R Klein (ICAS Distinguished
Fellow ; Benjamin Franklin Professor of Economics Emeritus University of Pennsylvania;
Nobel Laureate), Richard P Lawless (Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Asian
and Pacific Affairs, United States Department of Defense) and Osamu Takemoto (Chief
Representative, Bank of Japan Representative Office, Washington, D C).
Born in
Radford, Virginia, Samuel Vincent Brock graduated cum laude in 1974 from the Catholic
University of America (Washington, D.C.) where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree
in English and Spanish. During his undergraduate years Sam was a Capuchin seminarian
and undertook part of his studies at CUA's sister institution, the Catholic University
of Puerto Rico, located in Ponce, Puetrico. Counselor Brock obtained a Master of
Arts degree, with honors, in Latin American studies from Georgetown University in
Washington in 1983.
Sam worked for the Government of Spain from 1974-1983: first
at the Embassy of Spain in Washington, where he edited a number of publications,
and later at the Embassy of Spain in Kingston, Jamaica, where he was responsible
for administrative operations.
Joining the State Department in 1983, Sam's first
assignment was to Seoul, Korea where he worked as a consular officer. Subsequent
State Department overseas tours included assignments as:
Administrative
Officer in Praia, Cape Verde (1985-88)
Administrative Officer in
Algiers (1992-93)
Deputy Chief of the Political Section in Mexico
City (1993-96)
Deputy Chief of Mission in Cotonou, Benin (1996-99)
Consul General in Marseille (1999-2002) serving simultaneously as
U.S. Special Representative to the Principality of Monaco
His Washington assignments
have included:
Political advisor, U.S. Mission to the Organization
of American States (1988-92)
International Relations Officer, Office
of UN Political Affairs, Bureau of Inter-national Organization Affairs (1990-92)
Director of North American Affairs, National Security Council (2002-03)
Deputy Director, Acting Director, and again Deputy Director, Office
of UN Political Affairs, Bureau of International Organization Affairs (2003 to present)
Sam
has received four State Department Meritorious Honor Awards and one Superior Honor
Group Award. He has also been decorated by the Governments of Spain (Orden de Isabel
la Católica with Cruz de Caballero) and France (Chevalier de l'Ordre National du
Mérite). Sam was promoted to the Senior Foreign Service in 2003 and holds the rank
of Counselor. He speaks Spanish, French and Portuguese.
Sam is married to the
former Odile Soudée Brock. They have four daughters: Gabrielle, Charlotte, Sophie
and Odette. The Brocks' youngest daughter, Odette, was born in Korea and adopted
there the same year. Her Korean name is RYU Moon Hee.
Admission to this programme
is free of charge and open to public. However, seating is limited and pre-registration
is advised. Please register on-line at:
On-Line Registration
Regards,
Sang Joo Kim / signed
Sr. Fellow & Executive Vice President
ICAS
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