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Biography of Ambassador Christina B. Rocca

U.S. Representative to the Conference on Disarmament

Ambassador Christina B. Rocca is the United States Representative to the Conference on Disarmament. She was nominated for this position by President George W. Bush in May 2006, and confirmed by the Senate on August 3.  Ambassador Rocca presented her credentials to Secretary-General of the CD and Personal Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations Sergei Ordzhonikidze at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.

Ambassador Rocca served as Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian Affairs from 2001 to 2006.   Prior to joining the Department of State, she was Foreign Affairs Advisor to Senator Sam Brownback.  During that time frame she specialized on issues relating to South Asia, as well as Central Asia, the Caucasus, and the Middle East.

From 1982 to 1997 Ambassador Rocca was an intelligence officer with the Central Intelligence Agency.  A native of Washington, DC, she earned a B.A. degree in History from King’s College, London, England in 1980. Her languages are French and Russian.  She is married and has two children.