“Vanu Gopala Menon”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

Vanu Gopala Menon (born September 8, 1960) became the Permanent Representative of Singapore to the United Nations on September 16, 2004,^[1] a position he held until August 2011. As an Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary,^[1] Menon is the personal representative of the President of Singapore.

Menon was educated at the National University of Singapore, taking a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration in 1985. He then joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, serving as First Secretary at Singapore's UN mission in New York (March 1988 – April 1991). Returning to study on a Raffles Scholarship at the London School of Economics, he was awarded a Master of Science in International Relations in 1994. Menon then served in the Singapore High Commission in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (November 1994 – November 1997). On his return to Singapore, he joined the Policy, Planning and Analysis Directorate of the Ministry, rising to become its Director^[1] (December 1998 – October 2001).^[2] He left that position for Geneva where he represented Singapore to the UN, whilst also serving as Singapore's Ambassador to Turkey^[3] (December 2001 – August 2004).^[2]

References

1. ^{{cite web|url = http://www.mfa.gov.sg/newyork/|title = Singapore Permanent Mission – United Nations|publisher = mfa.gov.sg|accessdate = November 7, 2010}}
2. ^¹{{cite web|url = http://events.adelphi.edu/news/2010/20100330b.php|title = Ambassador of Singapore Vanu Gopala Menon to Speak at Adelphi on April 27 |publisher = events.adelphi.edu|date = March 30, 2010|accessdate = November 7, 2010}}
3. ^¹²³{{cite web|url = https://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2004/bio3608.doc.htm|title = New Permanent Representative of Singapore Presents Credentials|publisher = un.org|date = September 16, 2004|accessdate = November 7, 2010}}
4. ^{{citation |url =https://www.mfa.gov.sg/content/mfa/media_centre/press_room/pr/2014/201410/press_20141029.printable.html?status=1|title = [2014-Oct-29] MFA Press Statement: Appointment of Singapore's High Commissioner to Malaysia, Non-Resident Ambassador to the African Union and Non-Resident Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste|publisher = mfa.gov.sg|accessdate = September 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170919014109/https://www.mfa.gov.sg/content/mfa/media_centre/press_room/pr/2014/201410/press_20141029.printable.html?status=1 |archive-date=2017-09-19}}