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Vuk Jeremić ( []; Former President [], United Nations General Assembly) will deliver a lecture which will be followed by a question and answer session.

H.E. Mr Vuk Jeremić is President of the Center for International Relations and Sustainable Development (CIRSD) and Editor-in-Chief of Horizons. He is a Professor of Practice at the Sciences Po Paris School of International Affairs, where he is teaching a full graduate course “Introduction to Contemporary Geopolitics”.

In 2016, Mr Jeremić participated in the official election for UN Secretary-General. After six rounds of voting in the UN Security Council, he finished the race in second place, behind Mr Antonio Guterres. He was the first-ever candidate to put forth a detailed policy platform to be implemented upon his election. Entitled “Strengthening the United Nations in the 21st Century: A Platform for Action and Impact”, it contained 53 specific and concrete commitments on how to reform the UN.

In June 2012, Mr Jeremić was directly elected by the majority of world’s nations to be the President of the sixty-seventh session of the United Nations General Assembly, in the first contested vote since the end of the Cold War.

Mr Jeremić served as Serbia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2007 to 2012. In 2007, he chaired the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers.

Mr Jeremić has lectured at major universities and published opinion pieces in leading international outlets including New York Times, Wall Street Journal, The Times, Financial Times, Washington Post, and Le Monde.

Prior to becoming Foreign Minister, Mr Jeremić served as an advisor to the President of Serbia and various government ministries.

Mr Jeremić holds a bachelor’s degree in physics from Cambridge University and a master’s degree in Public Administration/International Development from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government.

Mr Jeremić was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. He is also a member of the Columbia University Earth Institute - UN SDSN Advisory Group on International Relations and the High-level Steering Committee of the UN Global Compact “Sustainable Infrastructure for the Belt and Road Initiative to Accelerate the SDGs” Action Platform.

Mr Jeremić served as President of the Serbian Tennis Federation from 2011 to 2015.

This is one of the events in the on-going China Forum Seminar series, hosted by the China Forum, ˮ����AV College. The seminars, given by eminent speakers, cover a broad range of topics and disciplines.

Booking

This is a virtual seminar. Attendance is free. Advance booking is required by emailing: china-forum@jesus.cam.ac.uk.  Priority will be given to members of ˮ����AV College and the University of Cambridge.