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December 24, 2003

Ambassador Jackie Wolcott Sanders
U.S. Permanent Representative to the Conference on Disarmament
Assumes Her Duties in Geneva

Ambassador Jackie Wolcott Sanders has arrived in Geneva and formally assumed her duties as U.S. Permanent Representative to the Conference on Disarmament and Special Representative of the President for the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.

Ambassador Sanders presented her credentials to Sergei A. Ordzhonikidze Secretary-General of the Conference on Disarmament, on December 23, 2003.

Ambassador Sanders serves jointly as the United States Representative to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva and the Special Representative of the President for the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons. In this dual capacity, Ambassador Sanders will be working with the Arms Control and Nonproliferation Bureaus to reinvigorate the Conference on Disarmament, represent the United States at other multilateral arms control fora, achieve a successful outcome at the 2005 Nonproliferation Treaty Review Conference, and implement United States government policies on preventing the proliferation of nuclear weapons.

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Biography of Ambassador Sanders