Hersey Kyota
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Hershey Kyota is a Palau politician heavily involved in its legislative politics and foreign relations. He was appointed ambassador of Palau to the United States on November 12, 1997. At some occurrences, he represented Palau in the United Nations. Stuart Beck, however, is the actual ambassador of Palau to the United Nations.
[edit] Political career
From 1981 to 1984, Hershey Kyota was legal researcher for the House of Delegates in the Palau National Congress. He was then chief clerk for the House of Delegates from 1985 to 1988. From 1989 to 1990, he was the director of the House Legal Counsels’ Office. From 1990 to 1996, he served as a senator in the Palau National Congress and for the Board of Directors for the Association of Pacific Island Legislatures from 1992 to 1996. Finally, he became the Palau ambassador to the United States in 1997.[1] In 2000, Kyota was chairman of the Palau Delegation to the United Nations during the Millennium Summit. In his speech, he emphasized the need for equal and substantial participation from all member states in United Nations-related activities.[2] He also spoke in front of the United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources regarding many issues between American-Palau relations, including education grants and the transmission of videotape programming.[3]
[edit] Education and personal life
Hershey Kyota earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1977 and a Master of Arts in 1979 from the United States International University in San Diego.
He is married and has five children. He enjoys fishing, reading, playing baseball, basketball, chess and video games.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Palau: His Excellency Hershey Kyota. The Washington Diplomat. The Washington Diplomat (2007). Retrieved on 2007-03-29.
- ^ Kyota, Hershey. "Remarks by His Excelelncy Hershey Kyota, The Republic of Palau Ambassador to, the United States of America, on the occasion of the Millennium Summit of the United Nations" New York City, New York (2000-09-08). Retrieved on 2007-03-29
- ^ Kyota, Hershey. "Testimony of His Excellency Hershey Kyota,Ambassador of the Republic of Palau to the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources" Room SD-36 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. (2005-10-26). Retrieved on 2007-03-29
