- Razali Ismail
Tan Sri Razali Ismail (bornApril 14 1939 in the state ofKedah ) is a distinguishedMalaysia n diplomat. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree with Honors in literature and the humanities fromUniversiti Malaya and an Honorary Doctorate fromUniversiti Kebangsaan Malaysia .Razali Ismail first joined the Malaysian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1962 and went on to become the Ministry's Deputy Secretary-General in 1985. Before he was appointed to the post, he served as the Malaysia's Assistant High Commissioner in
Madras from 1963 to 1964, Second Secretary of Malaysia's Embassy inParis in between 1966 and 1968, the Counsellor in the Malaysian High Commission inLondon from 1970 until 1972 and the Chargé d'affaires inVientiane from 1974 till 1976. He was later the Malaysian Ambassador toPoland from 1978 to 1982 and toIndia between 1982 and 1985.After his tenure as Malaysian Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Deputy Secretary-General, he became increasingly involved with the
United Nations . In 1989 and 1990, he headed the Malaysian delegation to the United Nations. At the same time, he was the chairman ofUnited Nations Security Council . From 1996 to 1997, he became thePresident of the United Nations General Assembly .In the past, he usually headed Malaysian diplomatic delegation to various regional and international bodies such as
ASEAN and theNon-Aligned Movement . Until a few years ago, he had been Malaysia's Permanent Representative to the United Nations.Up until 2005, he was United Nations Secretary-General's Special Envoy to Myanmar and played a pivotal in releasing Aung San Suu Kyi from house arrest in May 2002. Later however, Myanmar military junta repeatedly denied him entry to Myanmar, contributing to his decision to quit the special envoy status in December 2005.
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*http://www.un.org/ga/55/president/bio51.htm
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