B. Lynn Pascoe

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B. Lynn Pascoe
United States Ambassador to Malaysia
In office
March 1, 1999 – August 11, 2001
PresidentBill Clinton
George W. Bush
Preceded byJohn R. Malott
Succeeded byMarie T. Huhtala
Personal details
Born
Burton Lynn Pascoe

(1943-07-07) July 7, 1943 (age 80)
Missouri, U.S.
SpouseDiane
Alma materUniversity of Kansas (BA)
Columbia University (MA)
OccupationForeign Service officer

Burton Lynn Pascoe (born July 7, 1943) served as

UN Department of Political Affairs
from 2007 to June 2012, where he oversaw the UN's diplomatic efforts to prevent and mitigate conflict around the globe.

Career

Pascoe was previously

Malaysia
from 1999 to 2001.

B. Lynn Pascoe aboard USNS Mercy, February 2005

On 4 September 2001, he took up duties as Deputy Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs at the

Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
.

From 1993 to 1996, he was the director of the

United States Embassy in Beijing (from 1989[2] to 1992),[n 1]
Deputy Executive Secretary of the Department of States and Special Assistant to the Deputy Secretary of State.

In his diplomatic career, he has been posted to Moscow, Hong Kong, Beijing, Taipei, and Kuala Lumpur. He speaks Mandarin Chinese.

On February 21, 2010, three days after North Korea declared it would not abandon its nuclear weapons program, Pascoe, who had just visited Pyongyang, strongly defended international food aid to the country. "These are human beings that need the food. It's not the political system. This shouldn't be argued in a political way," he told CNN's Christiane Amanpour.

Personal life

Born in 1943, he obtained his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Kansas with three bachelor's degrees in East Asian languages and cultures, international relations, and mathematics and his Master of Arts from Columbia University, focusing on Chinese government affairs and international relations.[5]

He is married with two daughters.

Notes and references

Notes

  1. ^ State Department rocords for foreign serive list indicates that Deputy Chief of Mission in Beijing changed from B. Lynn Pascoe to Scott S. Hallford between Spring 1992 and Fall 1992.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ "Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, George W. Bush, 2004, Book 2, July 1 to September 30, 2004", Government Printing Office. p. 2275
  2. The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training (ADST). 1998-05-21. p. 136. Archived from the original
    (PDF) on 2020-10-19. Retrieved 2020-10-19.
  3. ^ "Key Officers of Foreign Service Posts: Guide for Business Representatives. Spring 1992", United States Department of State, no. Publication 7877, p. 23, 1992
  4. ^ "Key Officers of Foreign Service Posts: Guide for Business Representatives. Fall 1992", United States Department of State, no. Publication 7877, p. 24, 1992
  5. ^ "Distinguished Alumni: Foreign service career placed B. Lynn Pascoe in the middle of major world events". KU College Stories. KU College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 22 June 2020.

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Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
United States Ambassador to Malaysia

1999–2001
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Thomas Brooks
Director of the American Institute in Taiwan
1993–1996
Succeeded by
Darryl Norman Johnson
Preceded by
United States Ambassador to Indonesia

2004–2007
Succeeded by
Preceded by Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations

United Nations Department of Political Affairs

2007 - June 2012

Succeeded by
Jeffrey Feltman