On Thursday 4th May 2006 Ambassador Greg Schulte, Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations Office in Vienna and the International Atomic Energy Agency, will be speaking on "Iran's Nuclear Program on the Security Council's Agenda" from 2:30pm.
Ambassador Schulte serves as the Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations Office in Vienna, the International Atomic Energy Agency, and other international organizations in Vienna. Having arrived on July 13, 2005, Ambassador Schulte is charged with advancing the President’s agenda in countering proliferation, terrorism, organized crime, and corruption, while promoting the peaceful use of nuclear energy.
Appointed by President Bush in January 2003, Mr. Schulte served as Executive Secretary of the National Security Council through March 2005. He was responsible to Dr. Condoleezza Rice for overseeing the NSC staff, the national security decision-making process, and the White House Situation Room. Mr. Schulte served as Senior Director for Southeast European Affairs on the NSC staff from 2000 to 2002, overseeing U.S. diplomacy and military deployments in Bosnia and Kosovo and collaboration with the United Nations and European Union. He helped guide and coordinate interagency efforts to bring democracy to Serbia and prevent civil war in Macedonia.
From 1999 to 2000, Mr. Schulte served as Principal Director for Requirements, Plans and Counterproliferation Policy in the Office of the Secretary of Defense at the Pentagon. As Special Assistant to the President for Implementation of the Dayton Peace Accords on the NSC staff from 1998 to 1999, Mr. Schulte coordinated U.S. diplomacy and support for the NATO air campaign that stopped ethnic cleansing in Kosovo. He co-chaired the NSC Executive Committee that planned for the subsequent UN and NATO missions in Kosovo.
From 1992 to 1998, Mr. Schulte was assigned to the NATO International Staff in Belgium. He worked for the Secretary of Defense from 1985 to 1992 as Director for Strategic Forces Policy and Assistant for Theater Nuclear Forces Policy.
Discussion Meetings take place at Arundel House, 13-15 Arundel Street, WC2R 3DX.
This meeting will take place in the Fifth Floor meeting room.
There will be a 30 minute presentation followed by 30 minutes discussion.
Please notify Kathleen James at james@iiss.org or tel +44 (0)20 7395 9109 if you would like to attend.
Please note: Press will not be granted entry to the building unless they have brought photo identification with them.
