Diplomacy and Negotiations
International Law
Extensive practical experience in developing, implementing, providing advice and adjudicating International Law
Diplomacy
Legal and diplomatic career with the New Zealand foreign service 1988-2015 reaching highest levels in government
Negotiations
Broad experience in negotiating bilateral, regional and multilateral negotiations covering all areas of international law
Chair, Small Working Group, Ad Hoc Informal Working Group on Marine Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction. Photo Daniel Birchall
Diplomacy
- Ambassador to Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania;
- High Commissioner to Samoa;
- Deputy High Commissioner to Samoa;
- First Secretary, Germany
Negotiations
- New Zealand Head of Delegation to numerous multilateral and bilateral negotiations, including:
- Ad Hoc Informal Working Group on Marine Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction;
- Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute;
- Bilateral diplomatic assurances in relation to extradition with China;
- FAO Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing;
- Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention;
- South Pacific Driftnet Fishing Convention.
Presentation UN World Conference on Indigenous Peoples, Interactive Hearing, June 2014