Members
The Asia-Pacific Leadership Network for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament (APLN) has over one hundred members from eighteen countries across Asia and the Pacific, consisting of former political, diplomatic and military leaders, senior government officials, and scholars and opinion leaders. APLN aims to inform and energize public opinion, especially high-level policymakers, to take seriously the very real threats posed by nuclear weapons, and to do everything possible to achieve a world in which they are contained, diminished and eventually eliminated.
CHO Hyun
Ambassador Cho Hyun is the former Permanent Representative of the Republic of Korea to the United Nations. He also served as First Vice Minister (2018-2019) and Second Vice Minister (2017-2018) of Foreign Affairs.
Ambassador Cho Hyun is the former Permanent Representative of the Republic of Korea to the United Nations. He also served as First Vice Minister (2018-2019) and Second Vice Minister (2017-2018) of Foreign Affairs. His previous posts include, among others, Ambassador to India (2015-2017), Ambassador to Austria and Permanent Representative to the International Organizations in Vienna (2011-2014), and Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN (2006-2008). Ambassador Cho received a PhD in international politics from the University of Toulouse, France, in 2008, and holds MA degrees from the School of Political Science of Paris and Columbia University.