[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1992, Book I)]
[June 16, 1992]
[Page 950]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



Nomination of Irvin Hicks To Be Deputy Representative of the United 
States to the Security Council of the United Nations

June 16, 1992
    The President today announced his intention to nominate Irvin Hicks, 
of Maryland, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of 
Minister-Counselor, to be Deputy Representative of the United States of 
America to the Security Council in the United Nations, with the rank of 
Ambassador. He would succeed George Edward Moose.
    From 1989 to 1991, Ambassador Hicks served as Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for African Affairs at the Department of State; his most 
recent assignment was Area Adviser for the 46th Session of the United 
Nations General Assembly. He also served as Deputy Assistant Secretary 
for Personnel from 1987 to 1989. From 1985 to 1987, he served as 
American Ambassador to the Republic of Seychelles. Ambassador Hicks has 
also served as Deputy Executive Director of the Bureau of African 
Affairs at the State Department, 1983-85; student at the U.S. Army War 
College in Carlisle, PA 1982-83; Charge d'Affaires at the American 
Embassy in Lome, 1981-82; and Deputy Chief of Mission at the American 
Embassy in Lome, 1980-81.
    Ambassador Hicks was born March 16, 1938, in Baltimore, MD. He 
presently resides in Camp Springs, MD.