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08CANBERRA737
2008-07-22 07:00:00
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Embassy Canberra
Cable title:
NEW DEPUTY PERMREP TO AUSTRALIAN MISSION TO UN:
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UNCLAS CANBERRA 000737
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FROM DEPARTMENT FOR IO, INR AND EAP
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PINR PREL OFDP AS
SUBJECT: NEW DEPUTY PERMREP TO AUSTRALIAN MISSION TO UN:
ANDREW GOLEDZINOWSKI
UNCLAS CANBERRA 000737
SIPDIS
FROM DEPARTMENT FOR IO, INR AND EAP
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PINR PREL OFDP AS
SUBJECT: NEW DEPUTY PERMREP TO AUSTRALIAN MISSION TO UN:
ANDREW GOLEDZINOWSKI
¶1. (U) Andrew Goledzinowski (go-LED-zin-OV-ski),who was most
recently Assistant Secretary of the International
Organisations Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs and
Trade, will take up his new post as Deputy Permanent
Representative to the United Nations in New York beginning
June 28. A brief biographic sketch follows.
¶2. (U) Biographic data:
Andrew Goledzinowski is a career diplomat with the Australian
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and head of its
International Organisations Branch. He has served on the
personal staff of two Foreign Ministers - Gareth Evans and
Alexander Downer.
From 2000-2002 Mr Goledzinowski worked as Chief of Staff to
the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary
Robinson. From 2003-2004, he was deployed to Iraq where he
served under Paul Bremer as a senior official of the
Coalition Provisional Authority. He was then seconded for a
further nine months to the World Bank as its senior adviser
in Baghdad.
Mr Goledzinowski has served at Australian diplomatic posts in
Pretoria, Port Vila and Geneva, where he was deputy permanent
representative to the UN. He is a holder of the Order of
Australia (AM),the Australian Overseas Service Medal, the
Australian Defence Force Medal and the U.S. Secretary of
Defense's Medal for Exceptional Public Service.
¶3. (SBU) Comment: Goledzinowski has been a strong supporter
of Coalition efforts in Iraq, and was central in organizing
the September 2003 Madrid donor's conference. He has worked
closely with Embassy Canberra as Assistant Secretary for
Counter-Terrorism during 2005-2006, as advisor to Foreign
Minister Downer during 2006-2007, and most recently as head
of the International Organisations Branch. One of DFAT's
ablest diplomats, Goledzinowski is a rising star and will be
of excellent value to the U.S. Mission to the UN.
MCCALLUM