The World Olymp’Arts Council (WOAC) officially announces that Ambassador Kim Won-soo, a distinguished senior diplomatic leader and former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations, has been formally appointed as Honorary President of WOAC.
为进一步推动全球艺术文化交流，强化全球品牌公信力与国际行业影响力，国际奥艺委员会（World Olymp’Arts Council, WOAC）正式宣布：国际资深外交领袖、联合国前副秘书长金垣洙大使，正式受聘担任国际奥艺委员会（WOAC）荣誉主席。

To further promote global artistic and cultural exchanges, and strengthen global brand credibility as well as international industry influence, the World Olymp’Arts Council (WOAC) officially announces that Ambassador Kim Won-soo, a distinguished senior diplomatic leader and former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations, has been formally appointed as Honorary President of WOAC.
金垣洙大使是全球多边外交、国际治理、国际安全与公共事务领域的资深权威专家，拥有近四十年韩国职业外交与联合国高级管理双重资深工作履历，在全球多边事务协调、国际战略决策、跨国合作落地等领域具备深厚实践经验与广泛国际影响力。其正式加盟 WOAC，是对机构发展理念与国际价值的高度认可，更为 WOAC 全球化战略布局、国际高端资源链接、全球多边艺术文化交流开展，提供了坚实的权威背书与专业支撑。

金垣洙大使现任韩国庆熙大学未来文明全球研究院院长，同时担任纽约及维也纳潘基文基金会董事会成员，持续在国际学术研究、全球公益事业、国际体育伦理治理等领域发挥重要作用。

Ambassador Kim Won-soo is a leading senior expert in global multilateral diplomacy, international governance, international security and public affairs. He boasts nearly 40 years of dual professional experience as a career diplomat of the Republic of Korea and a senior executive of the United Nations. He has in-depth practical expertise and extensive global influence in coordinating multilateral affairs, making international strategic decisions and advancing cross-border cooperation. His affiliation with WOAC fully recognizes the Council’s development philosophy and international value, and provides solid authoritative endorsement and professional support for WOAC’s global strategic layout, connection of high-end international resources, and development of global multilateral artistic and cultural exchanges.

Currently, Ambassador Kim Won-soo serves as Dean of the Global Academy for Future Civilization at Kyung Hee University, Republic of Korea, and Member of the Board of Directors of the Ban Ki-moon Foundation based in New York and Vienna. He continues to play a pivotal role in international academic research, global public welfare undertakings and international sports ethical governance.

From 1978 to 2006, Ambassador Kim worked as a career diplomat of the Republic of Korea on the front line of international diplomacy, accumulating rich practical experience in national diplomacy and cross-border cooperation. Between 2000 and 2003, he served in the Blue House (Presidential Office of the Republic of Korea) as Presidential Secretary for International Security Affairs and Presidential Secretary for Foreign Affairs and Trade. He also held key positions including Director-General of the Policy Planning Bureau and Ambassador for Regional Cooperation under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea, deeply participating in the formulation of national foreign policies, coordination of international security affairs and promotion of regional multilateral cooperation.
1978 年至 2006 年，他作为韩国职业外交官活跃于国际外交一线，积累了丰富的国家外交与跨国合作实务经验。2000 年至 2003 年，他任职韩国总统府（青瓦台），先后担任总统国际安全秘书、外交贸易事务秘书；此后还历任韩国外交部政策企划局局长、区域合作大使等重要职务，深度参与国家外交政策制定、国际安全事务协调与区域多边合作推进工作。

In 2006, Ambassador Kim led the campaign preparation and transition work for Ban Ki-moon, the 8th Secretary-General of the United Nations, and accomplished all core tasks with outstanding professionalism. He officially joined the United Nations system in 2007 and embarked on a more than decade-long senior career within the organization. During his tenure, he held multiple senior posts including Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations, coordinating the UN’s responses to various global issues and challenges. From 2015 to 2017, he served as Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs, steering global multilateral security and disarmament affairs, and making significant contributions to global peaceful development and the improvement of international governance systems.

In the future, leveraging Ambassador Kim Won-soo’s international prestige, profound experience in multilateral diplomacy and global high-end resource network, the World Olymp’Arts Council (WOAC) will adhere to its core mission of artistic exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations. WOAC will continuously expand global cooperation boundaries, build a professional, international and diversified platform for artistic and cultural communication, facilitate the prosperity of global art and culture, and steadily enhance its international credibility, global influence and industrial leading capacity.
2006 年，金垣洙大使牵头负责第八任联合国秘书长潘基文的竞选筹备与就职过渡工作，以专业能力圆满完成各项核心事务；2007 年正式加入联合国系统，开启十余年联合国高层任职生涯。期间，他历任联合国助理秘书长及多项高级别职务，统筹协调联合国应对各类全球性议题与挑战。2015 年至 2017 年，金垣洙大使出任联合国副秘书长兼裁军事务高级代表，主导全球多边安全与国际裁军相关事务，在全球和平发展与国际治理体系建设中发挥了重要作用。

未来，国际奥艺委员会（WOAC）将依托金垣洙大使的国际声望、资深多边外交经验与全球高端资源网络，坚守艺术交流与文明互鉴的核心使命，持续拓展全球合作边界，搭建专业化、国际化、多元化的艺术文化交流平台，推动全球艺术文化事业繁荣发展，不断提升机构国际公信力、影响力与行业引领力。