Sergiy Kyslytsya Explained

Sergiy Kyslytsya
Office:Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations
President:Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Term Start:18 December 2019
Predecessor:Volodymyr Yelchenko
Birth Date:15 August 1969
Birth Place:Kyiv, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union
Children:1
Education:Kyiv University (MA)
Native Name Lang:uk

Sergiy Olehovych Kyslytsya (Ukrainian: Сергій Олегович Кислиця|translit=Serhii Olehovych Kyslytsia; born 15 August 1969) is a Ukrainian career diplomat, who serves as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine and Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations.[1] He had previously served as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine (2014–2019).[2] [3]

Early life and education

Born in Kyiv, Ukraine on 15 August 1969. Kyslytsya graduated cum laude from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv with a Master of Arts degree in International Law.[4] He is fluent in Ukrainian, English, Russian, Spanish and French.

Career

Kyslytsya started his career in international diplomacy as an intern to the Foreign Ministry of Ukraine. Over the next eight years Kyslytsya held a number of diplomacy roles, including: Special Assistant to the Deputy, First Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine; Head, a.i., of the Council of Europe Section, MFA, Ukraine; Second, First Secretary (political), Special Assistant to the Ambassador, Embassy of Ukraine to Belgium, The Netherlands and Luxembourg and Mission of Ukraine to NATO; contact point for WEU-Ukraine (Brussels); Chief of Staff of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine; Senior Adviser to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Group of Advisers and Ambassadors at Large, MFA, Ukraine.

In 2001, Kyslytsya became the Political Counselor at the Embassy of Ukraine, Washington, D.C. before becoming the political Minister-Counselor at the embassy.[5]

In 2006, Kyslytsya was appointed the Director-General for International Organizations within the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry.

Kyslytsya was appointed the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine in 2014.[6] [7] [8] Kyslytsya was Deputy Minister during the Annexation of Crimea by Russia, and was involved in the international response to the annexation.[9] [10] In 2016, Kyslytsya was assigned the rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary. Kyslytsya also currently serves as Ukraine's Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago.[11] [12]

Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the UN

Kyslytsya was appointed to be the Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations in 2019.

In 2021, Kyslytsya was awarded the Order of Merit of the III degree: his citation read "for significant personal contribution to strengthening international cooperation of Ukraine, many years of fruitful diplomatic activity and high professionalism."[13]

Invasion of Ukraine in 2022

In early 2022, Kyslytsya gained international media attention when he made a series of comments in relation to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, including condemnations of the Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russian Representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzya.

On 23 February 2022, President Vladimir Putin announced the invasion via video message half an hour into an emergency meeting of the Security Council meeting regarding Ukraine. After this Kyslytsya called at the meeting upon Russian Representative Vasily Nebenzya to "call Lavrov right now" and "do everything possible to stop the war." After Nebenzya had refused to do so and refused to relinquish Security Council Presidency, Kyslytsya told the Russian Representative that war criminals would not go to purgatory, but "straight to hell," which generated substantial media attention.[14] [15] [16]

When questioned by a reporter about Nebenzya's assertion that the military operation in Ukraine "isn't called a war" Kyslytsya said "you want me to dissect the crazy lunatic semantics of a person whose president violates the charter, whose president declared a war and he's playing with words".[17]

A draft resolution submitted by the United States and Albania condemning Russian aggression ultimately failed due to Russia's veto. Kyslytsya slammed the Russian actions as unjustifiable and the Russian delegation as untrustworthy.[18]

See main article: article and Eleventh emergency special session of the United Nations General Assembly.

On 28 February, during a special session of the United Nations General Assembly, Kyslytsya said "‘If [Putin] wants to kill himself, he doesn’t need to use the nuclear arsenal. He has to do what the guy in Berlin did in a bunker in May 1945."[19] [20]

On 1 March, while speaking to the UN General Assembly, Kyslytsya read aloud from what was claimed to be "an actual screenshot" of the messages found on the phone of a dead Russian soldier, noting that the messages had been sent "several moments before" the soldier was killed.[21] The messages were from the unnamed Russian to his mother and included him saying "Mama, I'm in Ukraine. There is a real war raging here. I'm afraid. We are bombing all of the cities together, even targeting civilians' and "They call us fascists. Mama, this is so hard".[22]

Diplomatic rank

Awards and honours

Notes and References

  1. Web site: УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ №916/2019. Офіційне інтернет-представництво Президента України. 21 December 2019. 21 December 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191221084846/https://www.president.gov.ua/documents/9162019-31357. live.
  2. Web site: 2018-01-28 . Sergiy Kyslytsya - Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine - MFA of Ukraine . 2022-02-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180128194056/https://mfa.gov.ua/en/about-mfa/structure/officials/kyslytsya . 28 January 2018 .
  3. Web site: Mr. Sergiy Kyslytsya. 26 November 2018. 21 December 2019. 21 December 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191221142923/http://womenua.today/en/sergij-kyslytsya/. live.
  4. Web site: MR. SERGIY KYSLYTSYA . 2022-03-03 . Ukrainian Women's Congress . 2 March 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220302230025/https://womenua.today/en/sergij-kyslytsya/ . live .
  5. Web site: New Permanent Representative of Ukraine Presents Credentials Meetings Coverage and Press Releases . 2022-02-28 . www.un.org . 28 July 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210728003127/https://www.un.org/press/en/2020/bio5306.doc.htm . live .
  6. Web site: Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Sergiy Kyslytsya led Ukrainian Delegation for the Political Consultations between Foreign Ministries of Ukraine and Malaysia . 21 December 2019 . 21 December 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191221142920/https://mfa.gov.ua/en/press-center/news/75596-deputy-minister-for-foreign-affairs-of-ukraine-sergiy-kyslytsya-led-ukrainian-delegation-for-the-political-consultations-between-foreign-ministries-of-ukraine-and-malaysia . live .
  7. Web site: Statement by Mr. Sergiy Kyslytsya, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, at the open debate of the Security Council on UN peacekeeping operations. Permanent Mission of Ukraine to the United Nations. 4 January 2020. 21 December 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191221142932/http://ukraineun.org/en/press-center/385-statement-by-mr-sergiy-kyslytsya-deputy-minister-for-foreign-affairs-of-ukraine-at-the-open-debate-of-the-security-council-on-un-peacekeeping-operations/. live.
  8. Web site: Georgia's European way | Sergiy Kyslytsya. jan@gabrhel eu &. dot2dot.sk. Georgia's European way. 21 December 2019. 13 August 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190813204000/http://batumiconference.ge/2019/en/panelists/sergiy-kyslytsya. live.
  9. Web site: Ukraine Calls for Strictness on Russia in Japan-Organisation for Security and Co-operation Meet Meet . 2022-03-03 . NDTV.com . 3 March 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220303000941/https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/ukraine-calls-for-strictness-on-russia-in-japan-organisation-for-security-and-co-operation-meet-meet-578467 . live .
  10. Web site: Human Rights Council holds interactive dialogue on the situation of human rights in Ukraine - Ukraine . 2022-03-03 . ReliefWeb . 21 March 2018 . en . 3 March 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220303001030/https://reliefweb.int/report/ukraine/human-rights-council-holds-interactive-dialogue-situation-human-rights-ukraine . live .
  11. News: Ambassador of Ukraine to T&T: Don't take independence for granted . . September 1, 2022 . September 25, 2022 . Joel. Julien . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220904205249/https://www.guardian.co.tt/news/ambassador-of-ukraine-to-tt-dont-take-independence-for-granted-6.2.1540447.e64598ab3e . September 4, 2022 .
  12. News: Ukraine ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago: Putin's war an 'aggression on peace-loving' nations . . September 4, 2022 . September 25, 2022 . Janelle . De Souza . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220917042158/https://newsday.co.tt/2022/09/04/ukraine-ambassador-to-tt-putins-war-an-aggression-on-peace-loving-nations/ . September 17, 2022 .
  13. Web site: 2021-12-23 . УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ №669/2021 — Офіційне інтернет-представництво Президента України . 2022-02-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211223110710/https://www.president.gov.ua/documents/6692021-41009 . 23 December 2021 . live .
  14. Web site: Ukraine - Security Council, 8974th meeting . 2022-02-26 . United Nations . 23 February 2022. en . 26 February 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220226190918/https://media.un.org/asset/k1j/k1j8unn1me . live .
  15. Web site: Haltiwanger . John . Ukraine rips into Russia at the UN, saying war criminals 'go straight to hell' . 2022-02-26 . Business Insider . en-US . 25 February 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220225173504/https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-rips-russia-un-war-criminals-go-straight-to-hell-2022-2 . live .
  16. News: Leff . Alex . Wood . Patrick . 2022-02-24 . Read the impassioned plea from Ukraine's U.N. ambassador to Russia to stop the war . en . NPR . 2022-03-01 . 26 February 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220226184226/https://www.npr.org/2022/02/24/1082806285/ukraine-ambassador-russia-security-council . live .
  17. News: 2022-02-24 . 'There is no purgatory for war criminals, they go straight to hell': Ukraine's UN ambassador condemns Russian counterpart . en-AU . ABC News . 2022-03-01 . 1 March 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220301015124/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-02-24/ukraine-un-ambassador-russia-putin-invasion-kyslytsyav-nebenzia/100859176 . live .
  18. Web site: Security Council Fails to Adopt Draft Resolution on Ending Ukraine Crisis as Russian Federation Wields Veto . 2022-02-26 . www.un.org . 26 February 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220226143934/https://www.un.org/press/en/2022/sc14808.doc.htm . live .
  19. March 1, 2022 . If Putin wants to kill himself...: Ukraine invokes Hitler at UN over Russia's nuke threat . 2022-02-28 . India Today . en . 28 February 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220228211021/https://www.indiatoday.in/world/russia-ukraine-war/story/if-putin-wants-to-kill-himself-ukraine-invokes-hitler-at-un-over-russia-s-nuke-threat-1919059-2022-02-28 . live .
  20. Web site: If Putin wants to die, he should do what Hitler did 'in the bunker', says Ukrainian official . 2022-02-28 . Sky News . en . 28 February 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220228211047/https://news.sky.com/video/if-putin-wants-to-die-he-should-do-what-hitler-did-in-the-bunker-says-ukrainian-official-12554324 . live .
  21. Web site: Teh . Cheryl . 'Mama, this is so hard:' Ukraine UN envoy reads out what he claims are the final text messages sent by a slain Russian soldier . 2022-03-02 . Business Insider . en-US . 5 March 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220305133454/https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-un-envoy-condemns-putin-reads-text-slain-russian-soldier-2022-3 . live .
  22. Web site: Ukraine's UN Ambassador Reads Russian Soldier's Final Text to His Mom . 2022-03-02 . NBC Chicago . en-US . 8 March 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220308075746/https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/ukraine-ambassador-to-un-reads-russian-soldiers-text-exchange-with-mother/2770983/ . live .
  23. Web site: December 22, 2021 . On the celebration of state awards of Ukraine on the occasion of the Day of Diplomatic Service . 28 February 2022 . 23 December 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211223110710/https://www.president.gov.ua/documents/6692021-41009 . live .

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