REQUEST FOR AGREMENT: FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF JULIAN N.

UNCLAS BRIDGETOWN 001470

SIPDIS

DEPARTMENT FOR WHA/CAR (COLLINS)

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958 N/A
TAGS: PREL OFDP DO XL
SUBJECT: REQUEST FOR AGREMENT: FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF JULIAN N.
JOHNSON AS NON-RESIDENT AMBASSADOR OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF DOMINICA
TO THE UNITED STATES

REF: A) DIPLOMATIC NOTE NO. 204/01 - 2005


1. Embassy Bridgetown received the following diplomatic note from
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Labour of the
Commonwealth of Dominica


2. Begin text of diplomatic note:

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Labour of the
Commonwealth of Dominica presents its compliments to the Embassy of
the United States of America and has the honour to request Agrement
of the Government of the United States of America for the
appointment of Mr. Julian N. Johnson as Non-Resident Ambassador of
the Commonwealth of Dominica to United States of America, to replace
His Excellency Dr. Nicholas J. O. Liverpool.

The Ministry has the further honour to enclose herewith the
Curriculum Vitae of Mr. Julian N. Johnson.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Commonwealth of Dominica
avails itself of this opportunity to renew the assurances of its
highest consideration.

August 14, 2006.

End text of diplomatic note.


3. Begin text of Curriculum Vitae:

Name: Julian Nathaniel Johnson

Date of Birth: 15th August, 1944

Address: P. O. Box 2363
Roseau, Dominica
Fax: 767-449-2203
Telephone: 767-449-2203,
767-449-0871, 767-265-1842
Email address: jupa83@hotmail.com

Nationality: Dominican

Marital Status: Married

Children: Two

Profession: Barrister-at-Law & Solicitor (called to the Bar in
Dominica and the British Virgin Islands in 1988)

Education:

Institution Qualifications
Hugh Wooding Law School Certification in Legal
Trinidad and Tobago Education (1987)

University of the West Bachelor of Law (LL.B) (1985)
Indies (UWI) Cave Hill
Campus, Barbados
United Nations Institute Certificate in Multi-lateral
For Training Research Diplomacy (1980)
(UNITAR); New York,
Geneva, Vienna

University of the West B.Sc. Economics (Hons) (1970)
Indies, (UWI) Mona
Campus, Jamaica

Employment:

1991 - 15th Aug 2004 Secretary to the Cabinet and
Head of the Public Service
Prime Minister's Office, Dominica

1990 - 1991 Tutor, Constitutional & Administrative Law, School of
Continuing Education, UWI, Dominica (Part-time)

1990 - 1991 Chief Personnel Officer, Personnel, Training
Establishment Department, Government of Dominica

1990 - 1991 Secretary, Public Service Commission and Police Service
Commission - Dominica

1987 - 1990 Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Legal Affairs,
Immigration & Labour, Government of Dominica

1985 - 1987 Tutor, Introduction to Politics, Department of
Government, St. Augustine Campus, UWI, Trinidad (Part-time)

1984 (May - September) Ag. Registrar, Registrar General, Provost
Marshall, Supreme Court, Dominica



1986 (June - September) Ag. Registrar, Registrar General, Provost
Marshall, Supreme Court, British Virgin Islands

1982 - 1985 Tutor, Introduction to Politics, Department of
Government, UWI, Cave Hill Campus, Barbados (Part-time)

1981 - 1985 Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture,
Government of Dominica

1978 - 1981 Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Trade, Industry
& Caricom Affairs, Government of Dominica

1972 - 1978 Assistant Secretary in the Ministry of Trade, Industry &
Caricom Affairs, Government of Dominica


1971 Tutor, Introduction to Politics, Department of Government, UWI,
Mona Campus, Jamaica (Part-time)
1970 Graduate Teacher, Dominica Grammar School, Roseau

1964 - 1966 Assistant Master, Dominica Grammar School, Roseau

Other Appointments:

1979 - 1982 Chairman, Guild of Graduates, University of the West
Indies, Member of Council, University of the West Indies

1979 - 1982 Member, Roseau Cooperative Credit Union (Board Member)

1991 - 2003 Chairman, Committee of Permanent Secretaries - Dominica

2003 Chairman, Government Task Force on Measures to Contain the
Public Sector Wage Bill

Apr 2003 - Oct 2005 Dominica's Representative - UNESCO Executive
Board

Apr 2004 - Apr 2007 Chairman, National Telecommunication Regulatory
Commission

Apr 2005 to Present Chairman, Public Service Board of Appeal

Professional Interests:

Member, Dominica Branch, UWI Guild of Graduates

Member, Dominica Bar Association

Member, Commonwealth Association of Public Administration and
Management (CAPAM)

Member, Dominica Grammar School Old Students Association
Major Conferences/Seminars:

Second Regional Conference May 2002
of the Caribbean Ombudsman
Association (CAROA),Trinidad

Pan Commonwealth Seminar Glenburn Lodge, South
"Democratic Structures in Africa (1997)
Public Service Improvements"

Small and Island States Seychelles 1997
Conference on "The New
Public Administration -
Lessons from Experience"

Commonwealth Heads of Durban, South Africa
Government Meetings (1999)
(CHOGM)

Commonwealth Heads of Edinburgh, United
Government Meetings Kingdom, (1997)
(CHOGM)

Commonwealth Heads of Auckland, New Zealand
Government Meetings (1995)
(CHOGM)

Commonwealth Heads of Lusaka, Zambia
Government Meetings (1979)
(CHOGM)

ACP-EEC Negotiations for 1978 - 1979
Second Loma Convention

Summary of Experience:

Over thirty-eight (38) years of experience as an


officer in the Public Service of Dominica and as a
part-time teacher in the Department of Government at
the University of the West Indies on all campuses. Experience spans
a spectrum of diplomacy (accompanying Prime Ministers and Ministers
at regional and international meetings and conferences in the major
bilateral and multilateral fora) public management, teaching and
human resource development, consumer protection, supplies control
and disaster management, legal consultancy and research in
Constitutional and Administrative Law, including the jurisdiction
and function of the major oversight Institutions of the
Constitution.

Interests: Agriculture/Gardening, swimming, sailing, table tennis.

Published Works Include:

(i) "Constitution Review in St. Vincent and the Grenadines - Some
Points to Consider" (May 2003) [Pamphlet published by the St.
Vincent and the Grenadines Constitution Review Commission]
(ii) "The Role of the Public Service in Facilitation the
Implementation of the Stabilization Programme" (October 2002)
[Pamphlet published by the Administrative Reform Unit/Establishment,
Personnel & Training Department, Dominica

Non-Published Works Include:

(i) "The Need and Prospect of Establishing an Ombudsman Office in
Dominica" - Paper delivered at the Second Regional Conference of the
Caribbean Ombudsman Association, Hilton Hotel, Trinidad and Tobago -
(May 2002)
(ii) "Constitutional Democracy: Responsible Government" - Paper
delivered at Second Seminar for Ministers and Parliamentary
Secretaries (April 2000)

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(iii) "Legal Imperatives for Managers" - Paper delivered at Seminar
for Senior Public and Private Sector Managers, Fort Young Hotel,
Dominica (April 1999)
(iv) "The Doctrine of Ministerial Responsibility and the Positions
and Functions of the Permanent Secretary in Dominica" - LL.B Thesis
(1985)

References:

His Excellency Dr. Nicholas J. O. Liverpool, DAH
President, Commonwealth of Dominica
37 Margaret's Gap, P. O. Box 2333, Roseau, Dominica
Telephone: (767) 448-8968; Fax: (767) 448-4237
Email address: liverpooln@cwdom.dm

Mr. Alick B. A. Lazare
Financial Consultant, Retired Financial Secretary and Special Fiscal
Advisor, Government of Dominica
Lower Morne Bruce, P. O. Box 2358, Roseau, Dominica
Telephone: (767) 448-3159; Fax: (767) 448-1837
Email address: lazarea@cwdom.dm

Professor Albert Fiadjoe
Reader in Public Law
Faculty of Law, University of the West Indies, Cavehill Campus,
Barbados
Cell: (246) 417-4242; Fax: (246) 424-0109
Email address: afiadjoe@sunbeach.net

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