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Author Evenings

Event

Title:: Evenings with an Author: Sichan Siv
When:: Wed 08 July 2009 19h30
Where:: The American Library in Paris - Paris
Category:: Evenings with an Author

Description

Sichan Siv, former US Ambassador to the United Nations, reflects on Golden Bones: An Extraordinary Journey from Hell in Cambodia to a New Life in America.

About Sichan Siv

Sichan Siv was nominated by President George W. Bush in October 2001 and unanimously confirmed by the Senate as U.S. Representative to the United Nations Economic and Social Council. Ambassador Siv was a delegate to the 57th U.N. Commission on Human Rights. From 1989 to 1993, during the Administration of the 41st president, George H.W. Bush, Siv served as Deputy Assistant to the President for Public Liaison and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian Affairs.

Ambassador Siv holds a Master of International Affairs degree from Columbia University. He was born in Cambodia and resettled as a refugee in Wallingford, CT. He is married to the former Martha Pattillo of Pampa, TX.

Read an article by Sichan Siv in the New York Times