ALEXANDER MOSESOV: UN PERSONAL HISTORY FORM P11

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Please answer each question
clearly and completely. Type UNITED NATIONS
or print in ink. Read
carefully and follow all PERSONAL HISTORY
directions.
1. Family name First name Middle name Maiden name, if any
Mosesov Alexander Shaheni N/A
2. Date Day Mo. Yr. 3. Place of birth 4. Nationality (ies) at birth 5. Present nationality (ies) 6. Sex
of Birth
11 11 1956 Baku, USSR USSR Armenia, Canada male
7. Height 8. Weight 9. Marital status:
173 cm 80 kg Single Married Separated Widow(er) Divorced
Entry into United Nations service might require assignment and travel to any area of the world in which the United Nations might have
10.
responsibilities. Have you any disabilities, which might limit your prospective field of work or your ability to engage in air travel?
YES NO
If “yes”, please describe.
11. Permanent address 12. Present address (if different) 13. Office Telephone No. N/A
59 Glenforest Drive, Apt.403 14. Office Fax. No
Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3M3M5 Same as Permanent (see item 11)
E-mail:
Canada
Telephone No. 1(902)457-9491 Telephone/Fax No. 1(902)457-9491 mosesov@canada.com
15. Have you any dependents? YES NO
15 (a). Name of Spouse
NAME Date of Birth Place of Birth Nationality Gender
Nariné Mosesova 5.4.1954 Baku, USSR Armenia, Canada female
16. Have you taken up legal permanent residence status in any country other than that of your nationality?
YES NO
If answer is “yes”, which country? Russia, U.S.A., Kuwait
17. Have you taken any legal steps towards changing your present nationality?
If answer is “yes”, explain fully:
YES NO
Born in the USSR, after its break-up became a citizen of Armenia,
worked internationally, naturalized in Canada.
18. Are any of your relatives employed by a public international organization?
YES NO
If answer is “yes”, give the following information:
NAME Relationship Name of International Organization

19. What is your preferred field of work? Economist

20. Would you accept employment for less than 21. Have you previously submitted an application for employment with U.N.?
six months YES NO if so when? Yes, several times between 1998 and now
22. KNOWLEDGE OF LANGUAGES. What is your mother tongue? Russian
READ WRITE SPEAK UNDERSTAND
OTHER LANGUAGES Easily Not Easily Easily Not Easily Easily Not Easily Easily Not Easily
English
Armenian
Azeri-Turkish
23. For clerical grades only List any office machines or equipment
Indicate speed in words per minute N/A you can use
English French Other languages
Typing
Shorthand

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24. EDUCATIONAL. Give full details - N.B. Please give exact titles of degrees in original language.
A. UNIVERSITY OR EQUIVALENT Please do not translate or equate to other degrees.
NAME, PLACE AND COUNTRY ATTENDED FROM/TO DEGREES and ACADEMIC MAIN COURSE OF
Mo./Year Mo./Year DISTINCTIONS OBTAINED STUDY
Iowa State University, Ames,
01.1993 07.1995 Master of Science Economics
Iowa, USA
USSR Academy of Sciences,
12.1981 12.1985 Кандидат Наук Economics
Moscow, USSR
Azerbaijan Oil & Chemistry
09.1973 06.1978 Bachelor of Science Economics, Engineering
Institute, Baku, USSR
B. SCHOOLS OR OTHER FORMAL TRAINING OR EDUCATION FROM AGE 14 (e.g. high school, technical school or apprenticeship)
NAME, PLACE AND COUNTRY TYPE ATTEND FROM/TO CERTIFICATES OR
Mo./Year Mo./Year DIPLOMAS OBTAINED
School # 27, Secondary/High Secondary education
09.1963 06.1973
Baku, Azerbaijan, USSR School diploma
25. LIST PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES AND ACTIVITIES IN CIVIC, PUBLIC OR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
1995-1997 European Economic Association
1993-1996 American Economic Association
1989-1993 Association of Armenian Economists
1987-1989 USSR Znanie (Knowledge) Society
1978-1989 USSR Trade Union of Workers in Culture, Science and Education
26. LIST ANY SIGNIFICANT PUBLICATIONS YOU HAVE WRITTEN (do not attach)
Overall four books and about thirty papers, articles, proceedings, and synopsis in the former Soviet Union
professional sources. Among them:
• Gravity Models for the Inter-Republic Trade, Accepted by Voprosy Ekonomiki Journal, Moscow, 1995;
• New Financial, Fiscal, and Monetary System for Armenia, Banker, Yerevan, 1992, No.2 (with V.Gabrielian);
• Conditions to Attract Foreign Capital, Yerkir, Yerevan, 09.28.1991 (with T.Torossian);
• Value of Resources for Regional Economic Development. Problems of Economic System Renewal. Conference at Baku CP
Higher Education College, Baku, 1988;
• Economic Efficiency of Alternative (non-oil) Resources in Petrochemical Production. Candidate of Sciences Dissertation,
USSR Academy of Sciences, Moscow, USSR, 1985.
27. EMPLOYMENT RECORD: Starting with your present post, list in reverse order every employment you have had. Use a separate block for
each post. Include also service in the armed forces and note any period during which you were not gainfully employed. If you need more space,
attach additional pages of the same size. Give both gross and net salaries per annum for your last or present post.
A. PRESENT POST (LAST POST, IF NOT PRESENTLY IN EMPLOYMENT)
FROM TO SALARIES PER ANNUM EXACT TITLE OF YOUR POST:
MONTH/YEAR MONTH/YEAR STARTING FINAL Consultant
April, 1999 February, 2002 USD300/day USD300/day
NAME OF EMPLOYER: TYPE OF BUSINESS:
UNDP – Kuwait / Government of Kuwait Consulting / Government
ADDRESS OF EMPLOYER: NAME OF SUPERVISOR:
UNDP-Kuwait, Jabriya, Block 12, Street 7, Villa 145, Bader Al-Failakawi, National Program Officer
P.O.Box, 2993, Safat - 13030 Kuwait NO. AND KIND OF EMPLOYEES REASON FOR LEAVING:
Phones: +(965) 532 5967, +(965) 532-9870/1/2 ext.: 109 SUPERVISED BY YOU:
Fax: +(965) 532-5879 ; E-mail: bfailak@hotmail.com Consulted staff members Expiration of contract
DESCRIPTION OF YOUR DUTIES
Consulted Ministry of Planning and Ministry of Finance of Kuwait under the nationally executed UNDP
project "Strengthening the National Planning System". Developed economic, financial and statistical
models, reporting formats, documentation, and guidelines for public / private projects' appraisal /
evaluation. Developed and conducted training seminars for professional staff in conducting research,
project evaluation, feasibility studies, and investment decisions. Designed a new UNDP project to reform
the Offset Department: http://www.mof.gov.kw/offset/OffsetPD97.doc
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B. PREVIOUS POSTS (IN REVERSE ORDER)

FROM TO SALARIES PER ANNUM EXACT TITLE OF YOUR POST:
MONTH/YEAR MONTH/YEAR STARTING FINAL Chief Economist
July, 1996 August, 1998 USD60,000 USD75,000
NAME OF EMPLOYER: TYPE OF BUSINESS:
Synergy International / Ministry of Finance of Kuwait Consulting / Government
ADDRESS OF EMPLOYER: NAME OF SUPERVISOR:
Offset Program Department, Ministry of Finance of Kuwait, Abdul Rahman Al-Ebrahim, Head of Research Division
Ministries Complex, P.O.Box 9, Safat-13001, Kuwait NO. AND KIND OF EMPLOYEES REASON FOR LEAVING:
Phone: +(965) 245-0506 Ext.:111; Fax: +(965) 242 5965 SUPERVISED BY YOU:
E-mails: aalebrahem@mof.gov.kw, arhai@hotmail.com Two economists, Secretary Expiration of contract
DESCRIPTION OF YOUR DUTIES
Consulted Counter-Trade Offset Program Department (OPD), Ministry of Finance of Kuwait. Provided economic,
social and financial evaluations of international Offset Business Ventures, as well as economic/econometric
estimations of their impacts on the economy of Kuwait. Designed and introduced several models in support of these
functions. One of them, the Evaluation Model, is now a standard tool in the everyday practice. Provided OPD with
reports and recommendations on policy issues. Developed and conducted seminars for professional staff members.
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FROM TO SALARIES PER ANNUM EXACT TITLE OF YOUR POST:
MONTH/YEAR MONTH/YEAR STARTING FINAL Consultant / Lecturer
August, 1995 March, 1996 USD24,000 USD24,000
NAME OF EMPLOYER: TYPE OF BUSINESS:
Iowa State University / Nizhnii Novgorod Ag.Academy Project Consulting / Education
ADDRESS OF EMPLOYER: NAME OF SUPERVISOR:
Finance Department, Iowa State University, August Ralston, Emeritus Professor
College of Business, EO Building, Ames, IA 50011-2063, USA NO. AND KIND OF EMPLOYEES REASON FOR LEAVING:
Phone: +1(515) 294-9355 ; Fax: +1(515) 294-3525 SUPERVISED BY YOU:
Email: aralston@iastate.edu Students Expiration of U.S. J1 Visa
DESCRIPTION OF YOUR DUTIES
Joined US AID funded Universities’ Partnership project. Consulted joint seminars and workshops on development of
private sector in various areas of Russian agricultural business. Lectured principles of macro- and microeconomics
to students and adult professionals. Introduced several curriculum revisions and some new approaches to teaching.
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FROM TO SALARIES PER ANNUM EXACT TITLE OF YOUR POST:
MONTH/YEAR MONTH/YEAR STARTING FINAL Edmund Muskie Fellow (IREX, USA), Research Assistant,
September 1992 July 1995 USD42,000 USD24,000 Graduate Student
NAME OF EMPLOYER: TYPE OF BUSINESS:
Edmund Muskie Fellow, IREX / Iowa State University Education / Research
ADDRESS OF EMPLOYER: NAME OF SUPERVISOR:
Iowa State University, Stanley R. Johnson, Distinguished Professor, Vice Provost
2150 Beardshear Hall, Ames, IA 50011-2020, USA NO. AND KIND OF EMPLOYEES REASON FOR LEAVING
Phone: +1(515) 294-6192 ; Fax: +1(515) 294-4715 SUPERVISED BY YOU:
Email: srjohnso@iastate.edu None Expiration of U.S. J1 Visa
DESCRIPTION OF YOUR DUTIES
Was competitively selected to visit U.S. academia as an Edmund Muskie Fellow (IREX, USA). Took some graduate
classes towards M.S. degree in Economics. Conducted independent research for the Center of Agricultural and Rural
Development, Department of Economics, Iowa State University. Focused on application of gravity models towards
inter-republic trade in the countries of the former Soviet Union.
FROM TO SALARIES PER ANNUM EXACT TITLE OF YOUR POST:
MONTH/YEAR MONTH/YEAR STARTING FINAL Docent (Associate Professor)
August 1990 September 1992 SURb5,400 SURb6,000
NAME OF EMPLOYER: TYPE OF BUSINESS:
Department of Economics, IoFER&M Education
ADDRESS OF EMPLOYER: NAME OF SUPERVISOR:
Institute of Foreign Economic Relations & Management Aram Arakelian, Rector IoFER&M
60 Pushkin St., Apt.54, Yerevan, 375002, Armenia NO. AND KIND OF EMPLOYEES REASON FOR LEAVING
Phone: +(374-2) 585-938 Email: martig@arminco.com SUPERVISED BY YOU:
Students Edmund Muskie Fellowship
DESCRIPTION OF YOUR DUTIES
Lectured undergraduate students on principles of economics and international trade.
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FROM TO SALARIES PER ANNUM EXACT TITLE OF YOUR POST:

MONTH/YEAR MONTH/YEAR STARTING FINAL Research Fellow
January 1989 August 1992 SURb3,500 SURb5,000
NAME OF EMPLOYER: TYPE OF BUSINESS:
Institute of Economics, Academy of Sciences of Armenia Research
ADDRESS OF EMPLOYER: NAME OF SUPERVISOR:
Institute of Economics Rafael Isakhanov, Head of Natural Resources Department
15 Abovian Str., Yerevan - 1, Armenia NO. AND KIND OF EMPLOYEES REASON FOR LEAVING
Phone: +(374-1) 58-19-71, Fax: +(374-1) 56-92-81 SUPERVISED BY YOU:
E-mail: nas_ie@sci.am One Researcher Edmund Muskie Fellowship
DESCRIPTION OF YOUR DUTIES
Research: Armenia’s market transition, new financial, fiscal, and foreign trade and investment systems, natural
resources.
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FROM TO SALARIES PER ANNUM EXACT TITLE OF YOUR POST:

MONTH/YEAR MONTH/YEAR STARTING FINAL Consultant / Assistant Professor
January 1987 January 1989 SURb3,000 SURb3,600
NAME OF EMPLOYER: TYPE OF BUSINESS:
Department of Economics, CP & Trade Unions College Education
ADDRESS OF EMPLOYER: NAME OF SUPERVISOR:
14 Lermontov Street, Tofik Kocharly, Azerbaijan Academician
Baku, Azerbaijan, USSR NO. AND KIND OF EMPLOYEES REASON FOR LEAVING
SUPERVISED BY YOU
Adult Students Moved to Armenia
DESCRIPTION OF YOUR DUTIES
Lectured principles of Soviet economy, research on natural resources valuation under market transition.
Developed curriculum and teaching materials.
FROM TO SALARIES PER ANNUM EXACT TITLE OF YOUR POST:
MONTH/YEAR MONTH/YEAR STARTING FINAL Research Fellow
August 1978 January 1987 SURb1,500 SURb2,700
NAME OF EMPLOYER: TYPE OF BUSINESS:
Department of Economic R&D, VNIIOlefin Research / Manufacturing
ADDRESS OF EMPLOYER: NAME OF SUPERVISOR:
VNIIOlefin (Petrochemical Branch Institute), Valerii Smagin, Cand.Sci.
29 Komsomolskaya Street, NO. AND KIND OF EMPLOYEES REASON FOR LEAVING
Baku, Azerbaijan, USSR SUPERVISED BY YOU
Two Technical Assistants Changed a job
DESCRIPTION OF YOUR DUTIES
Economic efficiency, project evaluation, and feasibility studies of new technologies in oil processing and
petrochemical industry.
FROM TO SALARIES PER ANNUM EXACT TITLE OF YOUR POST:
MONTH/YEAR MONTH/YEAR STARTING FINAL Aspirant (Graduate Student / Research Assistant)
December 1981 December 1985 SURb1,200 SURb1,200
NAME OF EMPLOYER: TYPE OF BUSINESS:
USSR Academy of Sciences Education / Research
ADDRESS OF EMPLOYER: NAME OF SUPERVISOR:
USSR Academy of Sciences, Asya Rabkina, Dr., Prof.
Moscow, Russia NO. AND KIND OF EMPLOYEES REASON FOR LEAVING
SUPERVISED BY YOU:
None Graduated a program
DESCRIPTION OF YOUR DUTIES
Research: economic feasibility of new technologies for fuels & petrochemical products from alternative sources
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28. HAVE YOU ANY OBJECTIONS TO OUR MAKING INQUIRIES OF YOUR PRESENT EMPLOYER?
YES NO
29. ARE YOU NOW, OR HAVE TO EVER BEEN, A PERMANENT CIVIL SERVANT IN YOUR GOVERNMENT’S EMPLOY?
YES NO
30. REFERENCES: List three persons, not related to you, who are familiar with your character and qualifications.
FULL NAME FULL ADDRESS BUSINESS OR OCCUPATION
Tatiana Rossolimo, 33 Oathill Crescent, Assistant Professor,
Ph.D. Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, B2Y 4C3 Canada Department of Biology & Marine
Phone: +1(902)464-0913 Biology,
E-mail: rossolimo@accesswave.ca Dalhousie University
Hisham M. Juhail, P.O.Box 15, Safat 13001, Kuwait Director,
M.A. Phone: +(965)240-7987; Fax: +(965)242-7585 Programs & Budgets Department,
E-mail: hmj62@hotmail.com Ministry of Planning of Kuwait
Tigran Melkonyan, 2200 Symons Hall, Assistant Professor,
Ph.D. College Park, MD 20742-5535, USA Department of Agricultural & Resource
Phone: +1(301)405-1265 ; Fax: +1(301)314-9091 Economics,
Email: tmelkonyan@arec.umd.edu University of Maryland
31. STATE ANY OTHER RELEVANT FACTS, INCLUDING INFORMATION REGARDING ANY RESIDENCE OUTSIDE THE COUNTRY OF YOUR NATIONALITY
Years of international professional experience:
1978-1992: Countries of the former Soviet Union - Armenia, Azerbaijan, Russia
1992-1996: United States
1996-2002: Middle East - Kuwait, Bahrain, UAE
Computer Skills:
General: DOS, UNIX, Windows, MS Office, Internet/HTML
Word Processing: Word, Word Perfect (English / Russian)
Spreadsheets: Excel, Lotus
Graphics: Paint Shop Pro, Harvard Graphics
Statistics / Professional: Shazam, SPSS, Comfar, GAMS
Professional Memberships / Developments:
2002: Listed in the “Who’s Who in the World”, 20th Edition
1999 - 2002: Consultant, UNDP-Kuwait
1995 - 1998: Member of European Economic Association
1995 - 1996: Consultant/Lecturer, Iowa State University - Nizhnii Novgorod State Agricultural Academy Partnership Project, US AID
1993 - 1996: Member of American Economic Association
1993 - 1995: Vice-President, US/Armenian Economic Scholarly Exchange, (IREX), USA
1992 - 1994: Edmund Muskee Fellow, International Research & Exchanges Board (IREX), USA
1989 - 1993: Member of Armenian Economists' Union
1985 - 1989: Member of the USSR "Znanie" (Knowledge) Society
1978 - 1989: Member of the USSR Trade Union of Culture, Science & Education Workers
Full CV, professional references and credentials are available online: http://mosesov.tripod.com/res/
http://mosesov.tripod.com/doc/
No relatives employed by a public international organization.
No restrictions that should be taken into account in connection with my employment with the United Nations.
32. HAVE YOUR EVER BEEN ARRESTED, INDICTED, OR SUMMONED INTO COURT AS A DEFENDANT IN A CRIMINAL
PROCEEDING, OR CONVICTED, FINED OR IMPRISONED FOR THE VIOLATION OF ANY LAW ?
YES NO
33. OTHER AGENCIES OF THE UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM MAY BE INTERESTED IN OUR APPLICANTS. DO YOU HAVE
ANY OBJECTION TO YOUR PERSONAL HISTORY FORM BEING MADE AVAILABLE TO THEM ?
YES NO
34. I certify that the statements made by me in answer to the foregoing questions are true, complete and correct to the best of my knowledge and
belief. I understand that any misrepresentation or material omission made on a Personal History form or other document requested by the
Organization renders a staff member of the United Nations liable to termination or dismissal.

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