Sichan Siv is an American

United States

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 diplomat and former U.S. representative to the United Nations Economic and Social Council

United Nations Economic and Social Council

The Economic and Social Council of the United Nations constitutes one of the six principal organs of the United Nations and it is responsible for the coordination of the economic, social and related work of 14 UN specialized agencies, its functional commissions and five regional commissions...

 from 2001 to 2006, holding the rank of ambassador in serving that position.

From 1989 to 1993 he served as Deputy Assistant to the President for Public Liaison, and as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia. In 1981, Siv obtained a Masters degree in International Affairs from Columbia University

Columbia University

Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...

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External links

• "Last Breakfast in Cambodia" - Op-ed published in the New York Times