Doo-young Kim

Doo-young Kim
(Deputy Registrar of the Tribunal since 25 June 2002)

Born: Chang-song County, Republic of Korea, 5 December 1952.

Education: BA in French language and literature, Hankook University of Foreign Studies, Seoul (1979); Foreign Service Examination (1980); LLM in International Law, School of Law, Seoul National University (1981); MA in International Relations, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (1985); Ph.D. course work in International Law, School of Law, Seoul National University (1992).

Professional Experience: Assistant Director, Overseas Korean Residents Division I, Bureau of Overseas Korean Residents and Consular Affairs, Seoul (1981); Assistant Director, Information Division I, Bureau of Information and Culture, Seoul (1982–1983); Assistant Director, Diplomatic Privileges and Immunities Division, Protocol Office, Seoul (1985–1986); Second Secretary, Embassy of the Republic of Korea to Côte d'Ivoire, Abidjan (1986–1990); Deputy Director, International Legal Affairs Division, Treaties Bureau, Seoul (1990–1991); Deputy Director, Multilateral Treaties Division, Treaties Bureau, Seoul (1991–1993); First Secretary, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Korea to the United Nations, New York (1993–1996); Counsellor, Embassy of the Republic of Korea to Mexico, Mexico City (1996–1999); Director, Planning and Research Division, Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security, Seoul (1999); Director, International Legal Affairs Division, Treaties Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Seoul (1999–2001); Lecturer in Law of the Sea, College of Law, Korea University, Seoul (2001–June 2002); Lecturer in the Charter of the United Nations, College of Law, Hankook University of Foreign Studies, Seoul (March–June 2002).

Member: Korean delegation to the 25th Session of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (1992); Korean delegation to the Signing Ceremony for the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction (1993); Korean delegation to the Meetings of the Preparatory Commission for the International Seabed Authority and the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (1990, 1991, 1994); Korean delegation to the Review and Extension Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (1995); Korean delegation to the Meetings of States Parties to UNCLOS (1994–1996); Korean delegation to the Sixth Committee of the General Assembly of the UN (1993–1995, 1999–2000); Alternate Representative at Korea-China Fisheries Negotiations (2000), Korea-Japan Maritime Boundary Delimitation Negotiations (2000), Korea-China Maritime Boundary Delimitation Negotiations (2000, 2001), Korea-Japan Bilateral Consultations of Directors General of Treaties Bureaus (2000, 2001), Korea-China Bilateral Consultations of Directors General of Treaties Bureaus (2000, 2001); Head of Korean delegation to the eleventh Meeting of States Parties to UNCLOS (2001).

Publications: Author of: “Reservations to multilateral treaties” (in Korean); “The process of multilateral treaty-making within the United Nations” (in Korean); “Dissolution of the UN Command in Korea” (in Korean); “The role of the UN Secretary-General” (in Korean); “The Sanctions Regime of the United Nations” (in Korean); “Corporatism in the Mexican Government-Labor Relations” (in English).