His Excellency Yuriy A. Sergeyev, Ukrainian ambassador to the United Nations, will address “Ukraine-U.S. Relations” at a Brigham Young University David M. Kennedy Center lecture Thursday, April 9, at 2 p.m. in 238 Herald R. Clark Building.

Sergeyev was appointed permanent representative of Ukraine to the U.N. in April 2007, having previously served as ambassador to France, Greece and Albania, as permanent representative to UNESCO and as secretary of state in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Ukraine.

He speaks English and French and received a doctorate from T. Shevchenko Kyiv State University in Ukraine.

This lecture will be archived online. For more information on events sponsored by the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu or contact Lee Simons at (801) 422-2652.