Sergiy Kyslytsya


Sergiy Kyslytsya is a Ukrainian diplomat and politician, who serves as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine, and Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations. Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.

Early life and education

Born on August 15, 1969 in Kyiv, Kyslytsya graduated from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. He is fluent in Ukrainian, English, Russian and French.

Professional career

1992 Intern at the CSCE and European Regional Cooperation Department of the MFA of Ukraine
1993 Attaché, Third secretary of the CSCE and European Regional Cooperation Department of the Foreign Ministry of Ukraine
Special Assistant to the Deputy, First Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine; Head, a.i., of the Council of Europe Section, MFA, Ukraine; Second, First Secretary, Special Assistant to the Ambassador, Embassy of Ukraine to Belgium, The Netherlands and Luxembourg and Mission of Ukraine to NATO; contact point for WEU-Ukraine ; Chief of Staff of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine; Senior Adviser to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Group of Advisers and Ambassadors at Large, MFA, Ukraine
2001-2003 Political Counselor, Embassy of Ukraine, Washington, D.C.
2003-2005 Minister-Counselor, DCM, Embassy of Ukraine in the United States of America
2006 Deputy Director-general of the Second Territorial Department, MFA of Ukraine
2006 - 2014 Director-General for International Organizations.
March 2014 - December 2019 - Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.
From 18 December 2019 - Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations.

Professional experience

Chair of the National Commission of Ukraine for UNESCO; Member of the Delegation of Ukraine to 62nd -72nd sessions of the United Nations Generally Assembly
2017 Head of the Delegation of Ukraine to the 39th session of UNESCO General Conference
2015-2017 Representative of Ukraine to the UNESCO Executive Board
2015-2017 Head of the Delegation of Ukraine to the OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw
2015-2017 Chair of the Gender Equality Commission of the Council of Europe
2012-2014 Vice-Chair of the Gender Equality Commission of the Council of Europe
2006-2011 Member of the Steering Committee for the Equality between Women and Men of the Council of Europe
2014-2015 Co-Chair of the Working group on the elaboration of the draft National Strategy on Human Rights
2015 Co-Chair of the Working group on the elaboration of the draft Action Plan on Implementation of the National Strategy on Human Rights
2014-2015 Deputy Head of the Interagency Commission on Military-Technical Cooperation and Export Control of Ukraine

Diplomatic rank