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Michael Powles
Michael
John Powles
is a
retired
diplomat of
New Zealand
. He served as
Permanent Representative to the United Nations
from 1996 to 2001 and as
President
of
UNICEF
in
1998
.
Career
From 1962 to 1967 he exercised
Private legal practice
In 1967 he joined
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
, Wellington.
From
1972
to
1975
he was clerk in the
mission
in Washington, D.C.
From 1975 to 1977 he was deputy director of the External Aid department in the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
and Trade.
From 1977 to 1979 he was head of
Australia
and
Americas
department in the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs
and Trade.
From 1980 to 1982 he was
High Commissioner
in
Suva
with commission in
Tuvalu
,
Kiribati
and
Nauru
.
From 1982 to 1986 he was
ambassador
in
Jakarta
.
From 1986 to 1989 he was
Assistant Secretary
of the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs
and Trade.
From 1988 to 1989 he was Co-ord,
Political
, Security Affairs, department in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
From 1990 to 1993 he was ambassador in
Beijing
.
From 1996 to 2001 he was
Permanent Representative
in at the Headquarters of the
United Nations in New York
City
.
