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Charles Mark Lichenstein (September 20, 1926 – August 22, 2002) was the American alternate representative for special political affairs to the United Nations, the second highest ranking American diplomat at the United Nations, from 1981 to 1984.〔(Reagan Library transcript of Lichenstein UN ambassador nomination ) February 3, 1981.〕 Lichenstein is best remembered for controversial comments he made welcoming the possibility of relocating the United Nations headquarters outside of the United States. ==Career== Lichenstein was staff assistant to Robert Finch during the Nixon administration,〔Finch, Robert. (Nixon Presidential Library )〕 and an assistant to Dean Burch during the Ford administration.〔Burch, Dean. (Dean Burch files ), 1974, Ford Presidential Library.〕 From 1975 to 1979, Lichenstein was senior vice president of PBS.〔Lewis, Paul.("Charles M. Lichenstein, 75, American Envoy at the U.N." ), New York Times, August 22, 2002〕 In 1981, Lichenstein was appointed by Ronald Reagan as the American alternate representative for special political affairs to the United Nations, serving as a deputy to America's chief UN Ambassador Jean Kirkpatrick. Lichenstein left his UN job in 1984 to become a distinguished fellow with the Heritage Foundation. He remained a strong critic of the United Nations and a proponent of UN reform in his Heritage Foundation post and served on numerous U.N. efficiency and effectiveness committees. Lichenstein told the Associated Press in 1995: "The original purpose of the United Nations was the fanciful hope that you could deter conflicts, and sometimes, if that failed, you could bring them to a conclusion. It was a hope, a dream, for which the basis never existed in 1945 or 1995 or anywhere in between."〔Bernstein, Adam. ("U.N. Delegate Charles Lichenstein, 75, Dies," ) Washington Post, August 31, 2002.〕 Lichenstein held his Heritage Foundation post until his death in 2002. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Charles Lichenstein」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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