Background
Williamson, Richard Salisbury was born on May 9, 1949 in Evanston, Illinois, United States. Son of Donald George Williamson and Marion (Salisbury) Williamson.
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The U.N. played a central role in the Afghanistan Accords under which the Soviet occupying Army withdrew; the U.N. was a forum used to fashion the cease fire in the Iran-Iraq war: and the U.N. is the implementing force for the Namibian agreement. In 1988, it received the Nobel Peace Prize for its peacekeeping forces. Through its specialized agencies, the U.N. plays a major role in the nuclear non-proliferation regime, coordinates worldwide research on AIDS, battles illicit drugs, provides massive refugee assistance and many other specific programs. At the same time that it realizes its promise in these areas, the U.N. is a seriously flawed institution, an arena of mischef. The U.N. is a battlefield wherein the PLO and radical Arab states seek to delegitimize Israel. It is rampant with waste and mismanagement. During Reagan's first term, Ambassador Williamson served as the United States permanent representative to the U.N. offices in Vienna, Austria, and he finished Reagan's second term as Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs in charge of America's U.N. policy. In the articles and speeches collected here, Ambassador Williamson shows how the United States has challenged the organization and its member states to live up to the promise and ideals of the U.N. Charter, and how the U.S. battled this mischief within the U.N. This book presents a realistic analysis of the U.N.'s promise and its disappointments. Co-published with the Hudson Institute.
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Williamson, Richard Salisbury was born on May 9, 1949 in Evanston, Illinois, United States. Son of Donald George Williamson and Marion (Salisbury) Williamson.
Princeton University (Bachelor of Arts, 1971). University of Virginia (Juris Doctor, 1974). Executive Editor, Virginia Journal of International Law, 1972-1974.
Assistant to President Reagan for Intergovernmental Affairs, 1981-1983. Vice Chairman, Administrative Conference of the United States, 1981-1983. United States Ambassador to the United Nations Offices in Vienna, Austria, 1983-1985.
Assistant Secretary of State, 1988-1989.
Legislation counsel, administrative assistant to Republican Philip M. Crane United States Congress, 1974-1976. Associate Winston & Strawn LLP, Washington, 1977-1980, partner, 1980, Chicago, since 2007. Assistant to President for intergovernmental affairs President's Task Force on Regulatory Relief, 1981-1983.
Permanent representative to United Nations United States Department State, Vienna, 1983-1985. Senior vice president, corporation & international relations Beatrice Companies, Inc., Chicago, 1985-1986. Partner Mayer, Brown & Platt LLP, 1986—2001.
Assistant secretary for international organization affairs United States Department State, Washington, 1988-1989, alternate representative to United Nations for special political affairs, 2002—2007, special envoy to Sudan, 2008—2009. Chief United States Delegation to United States-Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Bilateral Negotiations on Nuclear Nonproliferation, 1983—1984, United States Delegation, Fourth General Conference United Nations Industrial Organization, 1984, United States Delegation to Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, 1984. Member Illinois Economic Board, 1987—1988, President General Advisory Committee on Arms Control & Disarmament, United States Arms Control & Disarmament Agency, 1987—1993, National Leadership Network, Institute Contemporary Studies, 1989—2001.
Board advisors Center for Security Policy, 1989—1998. Member United Nations Association United States of America, 1989—2001, Administrative Conference United States, 1989—1992, vice chairman, 1981—1983. Member Federal Home Loan Bank Board, Chicago, 1991—1994.
Chairman Illinois Secretary State Merit Commission, 1993—1999, Illinois Regulatory Relief Task Force, 1994—1998. Co-chairman Enterprise Works Worldwide, 1996—2001. Member Governor-Elect George Ryan's Transition Team, 1998, Panel on Eminent Persons on Strengthening the Effectiveness of the Organization for Security & Cooperation in Europe, 2005, Council Foreign Relations.
Senior advisory National Bush for President Campaign Committee, 1987—1988, Bush Administration Transition Team, 1988—1989, United States Delegation to United Nations Human Rights Commission, 1987, 89.
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Williamson was active in a wide variety of civic organizations, serving on the board of directors of the International Republican Institute. The board of the Committee in Support of Russian Civil Society. A member of the advisory committee for the International Human Rights Center at DePaul University, and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Married Jane Thatcher, August 25, 1973. Children: Elizabeth Jean, Craig Salisbury, Richard Middleton.