Vuk Jeremic | Cambridge Union

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Vuk Jeremic speaks in the Debating Chamber at 6pm on Wednesday 31st January 2024.

VUK JEREMIK

Serbian Former Foreign Minister

Vuk Jeremic is the President of the Center for International Relations and Sustainable Development (CIRSD), a global public policy think-tank, and Editor-in-Chief of the quarterly magazine Horizons - Journal of International Relations and Sustainable Development. Mr. Jeremic was directly elected by the majority of world's nations to be the President of the 67th session of the United Nations General Assembly, in the first contested vote since the end of the Cold War.

During his term in office, he played a leading role in steering the UN towards the establishment of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). As President of the General Assembly, he facilitated the adoption of the breakthrough Arms Trade Treaty, the first legally-binding instrument in UN history to establish common standards for international transfer of conventional armaments.

Mr. Jeremic initiated several high-level thematic debates in the UN on a range of critical issues. Mr. Jeremié served as Serbia's Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2007 to 2012. During his tenure, he paid official visits to over 100 countries, and addressed numerous international summits and conferences.

In 2011 and 2012, Mr. Jeremic led Serbia's successful campaign for the Chairmanship-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) for the year 2015.