The Greatest Threat Iraq, Weapons Of Mass Destruction, And The Crisis Of Global Security

History

Ambassador Richard Butler was appointed to lead UNSCOM on July 1, 1997. From 1992-1997, Butler was the Australian Ambassador and permanent representative to the United Nations. In 1994 Butler was elected President of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, in 1995 he chaired the Canberra Commission on the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, and in 1996 Butler led the United Nations to adopt a comprehensive nuclear test ban treaty. Butler is now Diplomat in Residence at the Council on Foreign Relations.