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Ambassador Bruce Turner
U.S. Permanent Representative to the Conference on Disarmament

U.S. Permanent Representative to the Conference on Disarmament Bruce Turner

Ambassador Bruce Turner took the oath of office to be the U.S. Permanent Representative to the Conference on Disarmament on September 16, 2022, following confirmation by the U.S. Senate.

Prior to that, as a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of Minister-Counselor, Ambassador Turner was the Senior Bureau Official in the Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance (AVC), where he worked from July 2015 to September 2021 as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Verification, Planning and European Security.

Ambassador Turner’s career abroad included assignments to Paris, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kabul, Vienna at the U.S. Mission to the OSCE, Brussels at the U.S. Mission to NATO, and Ankara. In Washington he worked on North Korean as well as European security affairs. Ambassador Turner speaks German, French, and Russian. He has an M.A. and Ph.D. in German literature from the University of Virginia.

Statements by Ambassador Turner

Prevention of an Arms Race in Outer Space
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Prevention of an Arms Race in Outer Space
Prevention of an Arms Race in Outer Space
The United States sees risk reduction measures as one tool among many arms control tools for helping to manage and reduce those tensions and the risks of escalation in the strategic domain. All with the…
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U.S. Ambassador Bruce Turner’s Remarks to the Conference on Disarmament on Nuclear Risk Reduction
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U.S. Ambassador Bruce Turner’s Remarks to the Conference on Disarmament on Nuclear Risk Reduction
U.S. Ambassador Bruce Turner’s Remarks to the Conference on Disarmament on Nuclear Risk Reduction
The United States sees risk reduction measures as one tool among many arms control tools for helping to manage and reduce those tensions and the risks of escalation in the strategic domain. All with the…
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U.S. Ambassador Bruce Turner’s Remarks to the Conference on Disarmament on the Program of Work Decision
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U.S. Ambassador Bruce Turner’s Remarks to the Conference on Disarmament on the Program of Work Decision
U.S. Ambassador Bruce Turner’s Remarks to the Conference on Disarmament on the Program of Work Decision
The lack of consensus is even more regrettable when one considers that this year’s suggested Program of Work is identical to last year’s, but for the change of name from Subsidiary Bodies to Ad hoc…
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U.S. Right of Reply to Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Ryabkov’s Remarks
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U.S. Right of Reply to Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Ryabkov’s Remarks
U.S. Right of Reply to Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Ryabkov’s Remarks
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