[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1992, Book I)]
[February 7, 1992]
[Page 215]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



Statement by Press Secretary Fitzwater on the Appointment of Robert L. 
Gallucci as Senior Coordinator for the Office of the Deputy Secretary of 
State

February 7, 1992
    The President has announced the appointment of Dr. Robert L. 
Gallucci as Senior Coordinator reporting to the Deputy Secretary of 
State, with responsibility for coordinating the Administration's 
cooperation with the States of the former Soviet Union to reduce the 
risk that their scientists and know-how would contribute to the 
proliferation of special weapons. For this purpose, he will also assist 
in the coordination of assistance to the Commonwealth of Independent 
States in the areas of conversion of the state-run defense establishment 
to peaceful or commercial enterprises, and humanitarian and educational 
needs. Dr. Gallucci will carry the personal rank of Ambassador.
    In order to assume these new responsibilities, Dr. Gallucci has 
resigned his position as Deputy Executive Chairman of the U.N. Special 
Commission charged with the destruction or removal from Iraq of weapons 
of mass destruction and ballistic missiles. Ambassador Michael Newlin 
has been nominated to succeed Dr. Gallucci in that position.