Biography
Ambassador Chang-Beom Cho is Vice President of the World Federation of the United Nations Associations (WFUNA). He also serves as a member of the National Unification Advisory Council and the Advisory Committee of the National Human Rights Commission of Korea. He was Deputy Foreign Minister for Policy Planning and International Organizations at the Korean Foreign Ministry. As a career diplomat, he served as Ambassador to Australia, the Czech Republic, and the Republic of Austria. Ambassador Cho worked extensively in multilateral negotiations as Permanent Representative to the UN and International Organizations in Vienna, Governor to the IAEA, and Ambassador/Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, New York. He was a Visiting Professor at the Graduate Schools of International Studies at Seoul National University and Korea University. Ambassador Cho graduated from Seoul National University (SNU) and studied International Law and Diplomacy at the Graduate Schools of SNU and Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.