Victor G. Garcia III, is the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of the Philippines to the Russian Federation.[1] Garcia also served as Philippine Ambassador to Austria, Croatia, Slovenia and Bosnia-Herzegovina and Resident & Permanent Representative to the International Organizations in Vienna. From December 12-15, 2000, Garcia was the Chairman of the Philippine delegation and chief Signatory to the UN Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime and the Protocols Related Thereto in Palermo, Italy.