Andrew Goledzinowski

[citation needed] Goledzinowski was Australia's Ambassador for People Smuggling and Human Trafficking issues from December 2014 to September 2017.He was a principal negotiator of the agreement struck with the Obama administration for the resettlement of refugees from Nauru and Manus Island to the United States.He has served as head of the World Bank office in Baghdad in 2004, as Senior Official of the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq from 2003 to 2004, and as Chief of Staff to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights from 2000 to 2002.[5] Goledzinowski was Senior Advisor to two Australian Foreign Ministers: Alexander Downer (Liberal) 2006 to 2007 and Gareth Evans (Labor) 1994 to 1996.In addition to overseas postings in Wellington, Pretoria, Port Vila, Geneva, Baghdad, New York, Kuala Lumpur and Hanoi, he has led Emergency Response Teams (ERTs) to Iraq in 2005, Syria in 2006, and Ukraine in 2022.
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