DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

CANBERRA

FOR THE PRESS

PR 93

19th September, 1967.

AUSTRALIAN DELEGATION TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

The Australian delegation to the Twenty—Second Session of the United Nations General Assembly was announced today by the Minister for External Affairs, Mr Paul Hasluck. The General Assembly will open in New York on 19th September.

The delegation is as follows:

Representatives

The Rt. Hon, Paul Hasluck, M.P., Minister for External Affairs. (Leader of the Delegation)

Mr Patrick Shaw, C.B.E., Australian Ambassador to the United Nations.

Mr K.C.O Shann, C.B.E., First Assistant Secretary, Department of External Affairs.

Sir Kenneth Bailey, C.B.E., Q.C., Australian High Commissioner to Canada.

Dr J.W.C. Cumes, Until recently Australian High Commissioner to Nigeria.

Alternate Representatives

Mr J.E. Ryan, Until recently Australian High Commissioner to Ghana.

Mr K.H. Rogers, Australian Permanent Mission, New York.

Mr R.H. Whittorn, M.P.

Mr C.K. J-ones', M.P.

Dame Mabel Miller, D.B.E., Australian Representative on the U.N. Status of Women Commission.

Mr W. Asten, M.B.E., President of the Australian National Committee for UNICEF and Past President of the United Nations Association of Australia,

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Advisers

Mr Ewart Smith, First Assistant Secretary, Attorney GeneralÂ°s Department.

Mr J.R. I(elso, 9 ` Per^ nanent Mission, New York.

o:I t,:L^ke;y 9 Aus-1 ,alian Permanent Mission, New York.

Mr. 0 ,,.T . Miller, A ralian Permanent Mipsion, New York.

Mr M0J0 McKeown, Australian Permanent Mission, New York.

Mr R.J. Smith, Australian Embassy, Washington.

Mr H.C. Mott, Australian High Commission, Rawalpindi.

Mr R.F. Wood,, Department of External Affairs (Secretary to the Delegation).

Mr J.A. Benson, Australian Permanent Mission, New York.

Mr D.M.J. Connolly, Department of External Affairs.

Mr S.B. Murphy, Department of External Affairs.

Press Officer

Mr Ian Hamilton, Australian News and Information Bureau, New York.

As customary, the delegation includes two members of the Australian Parliament, drawn from Government and Opposition parties. The practice of adding prominent citizens to the delegation has been revived with the appointment of Dame Mabel Miller, Australian representative on the

United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, an d Mr Wilfred Asten, past president of the United Nations Association of Australia and president of the Australian National Committee for UNICEF. The remainder of the delegation is formed from heads of mission and career officers of the Department of External Affairs.

Mr Hasluck said that he himself would only be able to attend the Assembly for a brief period this year, owing to other Ministerial commitments overseas and in Canberra. In his absence from New York the acting leader of the delegation would be Mr Shaw.

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