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John Everard
British Ambassador to the DPRK
Friday, July 11, 2008
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM ♦ Registration and Reception
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM ♦ Luncheon and Presentation
The Korea Society
950 Third Avenue, Eighth Floor, New York City
(Building entrance on SW corner of 57th Street and Third Avenue)
The talk will be conducted under "Chatham House" rules:
Please refrain from using cameras or recording devices during the program.
$20 for members, $25 for nonmembers.
Buy tickets
For more information or to register for the program, contact Patrick Clair at
(212) 759-7525, ext. 328 or email
John Everard, Great Britain’s ambassador to the Democratic
People’s Republic of Korea since February 2006,
will discuss the current situation in North Korea, changes in its society and the problems that the country faces.
About the Speaker
John
Everard has served as Great Britain’s ambassador to the Democratic
People’s Republic of Korea since February 2006. He began his career
with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1979, dealing with issues
related to China and Taiwan. After serving in the political and
commercial sections of the British embassies in Vienna and Santiago,
Chile, Everard was tasked to set up Britain's new embassy in Belarus in
1993. Following the Dayton peace agreement in 1995, he led the OSCE
team implementing elections in Bosnia. Then, from 1996 to 1998, he worked in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London on issues related to West Africa, where he was closely involved in the international efforts to respond to the coup in Sierra Leone. Everard returned
to Asia in 1998 to head the political section of the British embassy in
Beijing. In 2001 he was appointed as Britain's ambassador to Uruguay.
Everard studied
French, German and Chinese at Emmanuel College Cambridge from 1975 to
1978, and then studied Chinese history and economics at Beijing University from 1978 to 1979. He holds an MBA from Manchester Business School.
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