11-10-2006, 08:38 AM
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Her Jay
Location: Ontario for now....
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Originally Posted by aceventura3
Are you saying we should have someone like Canada's UN Ambassador?
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What's wrong with Mr. McNee? He seems to have good credentials, he just doesn't put his foot in his mouth a la Bolton.
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John McNee is Canada's Permanent Representative to the United Nations. He represents Canada in the General Assembly and before the Security Council, and works with the UN’s 191 other member states to advance a variety of Canadian priorities. He assumed his post on July 1, 2006.
Ambassador McNee was previously Ambassador to the Kingdom of Belgium and the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg, a post he held from September 2004 to June 2006.
He joined the Department of External Affairs in 1978 and served abroad in Madrid, London and Tel Aviv. From 1993 to 1997, he was Ambassador to Syria with concurrent accreditation as Ambassador to Lebanon (1993-1995).
At Foreign Affairs in Ottawa, he served in the Policy Development Secretariat and in the Canada-United States Transboundary Division. He also served there as Director, Personnel Division, and as Director General, Middle East, North Africa and Gulf States Bureau. He was Assistant Deputy Minister, Africa and Middle East from 2001-2004.
Mr. McNee also served on Prime Minister Trudeau's Task Force on International Peace and Security and at the Privy Council Office.
He holds a Bachelor of Arts in History (York University, Ontario, 1973) and a Master of Arts in History from Cambridge University (UK, 1975). He was Canada Scholar at Cambridge 1973-1975.
Mr. McNee and his wife Susan have two children. At the Permanent Mission to the United Nations he succeeds Allan Rock
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