Clinton taps Pascual as envoy to Ukraine (03/05/00)

Clinton taps Pascual as envoy to Ukraine

WASHINGTON - President Bill Clinton on March 1 announced his intent to nominate Carlos Pascual to be U.S. ambassador to Ukraine.

The Office of International Information Programs, U.S. Department of State, provided the following information about the ambassador-designate.

Mr. Pascual is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of minister counselor. He was appointed as special assistant to the president and senior director for Russian, Ukrainian and Eurasian affairs at the National Security Council (NSC) in July 1998.

He has been responsible for advancing U.S. security interests with Russia, supporting Ukraine's transition to a market democracy and its integration with Europe, and promoting stability and security in the Caucasus and Central Asia.

Mr. Pascual joined the NSC in June 1995 as director for Russian, Ukrainian and Eurasian Affairs; he was responsible for coordinating economic policy affecting the countries of the former Soviet Union.

Prior to joining the NSC, Mr. Pascual was deputy assistant administrator for Europe and the new independent states at the U.S. Agency for International Development. He served with USAID in Sudan, South Africa and Mozambique.

Mr. Pascual received a B.A. from Stanford University and a master's degree in public policy from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard. He was born in Havana, Cuba.

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