Valeriy Kuchinsky (Ukrainian: Валерій Павлович Кучинський, romanized: Valerii Pavlovych Kuchynskyi; born 25 October 1944) is a Ukrainian diplomat and politician, who has served as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine, and Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations.
Adjunct Professor of International Relations Columbia University Ukrainian Studies Program.
in 1990–1992 – Director of the Ministry's Department of Arms Control and Disarmament In 1992–1997 – deputy Chief of Mission at the Ukrainian Embassy to the United States in Washington, D.C.
Was elected Chairman of the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) for the General Assembly's fifty-ninth session on 10 June 2004.
Adjunct Professor of International Relations Columbia University Ukrainian Studies Program.