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The US Senate appoints James O'Brien Assistant Secretary of State for Europe and Eurasia...
James O'Brien will be Assistant Secretary of State for Europe. 5 months after his proposal to this position, the American Senate yesterday approved his candidacy with 63 votes in favor and 32 votes against.
O'Brien, who once served as a close aide and adviser to former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, is one of the best experts on the Balkan region in the State Department.
The proposal for him was made in May, but since the vote in the senate was dragging on, the ambassador, Yuri Kim, was provisionally appointed to that post. She left Tirana and took the high office. But it seems that this power lasted a few months, since a few days after the clashes in Kosovo, O'Brien took office. Currently, Kim will be Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Europe and Eurasia, reports "Pamphlet" .
James O'Brien was part of the American delegation during the negotiations in Rambouillet between Kosovo and Serbia, in 1999.
Since 2022, Jim O'Brien works as the head of the Sanctions Coordination Office, with the rank of ambassador, at the US Department of State. According to the announcement from the White House, O'Brien previously served in two US administrations as a special presidential envoy.
His appointment is expected to bring developments in the Balkans. In addition to the special focus that will be devoted to Kosovo, it is expected that there will be stronger measures against the corrupt. The Assistant Secretary is the one who has the "non gratat" in hand.
He led a large and successful sanctions program and advised on a range of issues, including European peace negotiations, scientific and environmental agreements, the post-Soviet transition of Russia and Ukraine, and initiatives to investigate and prosecute individuals responsible for war crimes ," the White House statement said.
O'Brien was also involved in finding a solution to end the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina and helped formulate the 1995 Dayton Accords, which ended that war.
He also led the United States' support for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, based in The Hague, which helped bring to justice those responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity. / Pamphlet
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