Burton Lynn Pascoe (born July 7, 1943) served as

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at the

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from 2007 to June 2012, where he oversaw the UN's diplomatic efforts to prevent and mitigate conflict around the globe.

Career

Pascoe was previously

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after being nominated by President

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from 2004 to 2007, and to

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from 1999 to 2001. On September 4, 2001, he took up duties as Deputy Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs at the

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. Earlier, he served as U.S. Special Negotiator for

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and Regional Conflicts and the U.S. co-chair of the

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of the

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. From 1993 to 1996, he was the director of the

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(AIT). He also served as the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the East Asian and Pacific Bureau of the State Department,

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(DCM) at the United States Embassy in Beijing (from 1989 to 1992), Deputy Executive Secretary of the Department of States and Special Assistant to the Deputy Secretary of State. In his diplomatic career, he has been posted to Moscow, Hong Kong, Beijing, Taipei, and Kuala Lumpur. He speaks Mandarin Chinese. On February 21, 2010, three days after North Korea declared it would not abandon its nuclear weapons program, Pascoe, who had just visited Pyongyang, strongly defended international food aid to the country. "These are human beings that need the food. It's not the political system. This shouldn't be argued in a political way," he told CNN's Christiane Amanpour.

Personal life

Born in 1943, he obtained his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Kansas with three bachelor's degrees in East Asian languages and cultures, international relations, and mathematics and his Master of Arts from Columbia University, focusing on Chinese government affairs and international relations. He is married with two daughters.

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United Nations Department of Political Affairs
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