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Norman Berlis

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Norman Frederick Henderson Berlis (8 April 1914 – 10 May 2003) was a Canadian diplomat.[1][2] He was Secretary and Officer-in-charge Permanent Delegation to the United Nations in Geneva then High Commissioner to Tanganyika,[3] Tanzania[4] then Uganda.[4] He was also ambassador to Kenya[4] and High Commissioner to Zanzibar[citation needed] and then the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Poland,[5] Austria[6] (where, since 1971, Canadian Ambassadors to Austria have been accredited to the Office of the United Nations at Vienna), and to the United Nations Industrial Development Organization then to Denmark.[7] During his time as ambassador to Austria, on behalf of the Government of Canada he signed Canada's Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement under the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons with the International Atomic Energy Agency's Sigvard Eklund.[8]

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Secretary and Officer-in-charge Permanent Delegation to the United Nations in Geneva
1948-1952
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Position created
High Commissioner to Tanganyika
1962-1964
Succeeded by
Position abolished
Preceded by
Position created
High Commissioner to Tanzania
1962-1965
Succeeded by
Preceded by High Commissioner to Uganda
1962-1965
Succeeded by
Preceded by High Commissioner to Uganda
1963-
Succeeded by
Preceded by Ambassador to Kenya
1964-1965
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Position created
High Commissioner to Zanzibar
1964-
Succeeded by
Position abolished
Preceded by Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Poland
1965-1967
Succeeded by
Preceded by Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Austria[9]
1969-1973
Succeeded by
Preceded by Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Denmark
1975-1979
Succeeded by

Notes and references

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  1. ^ "Norman F. H. Berlis". Fédération québécoise des sociétés de généalogie. 13 May 2003. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
  2. ^ "Norman Berlis ECOSOC Representative Canada". Current World Leaders: Biography and News. 17: 5. 1974.
  3. ^ "Tanganyika Welcomes Envoy, 'Much To Learn From Canada'". Montreal Gazette. Associated Press. 3 May 1962. p. 4. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
  4. ^ a b c Burpee, Lawrence Johnstone (1965). "Canadian Geographical Journal". Canadian Geographical Journal. 70–71: 180.
  5. ^ "Poland Greets Canadian Group". Montreal Gazette. Associated Press. 18 July 1966. p. 8. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
  6. ^ External Affairs. Vol. 22–23. Canadian Department of External Affairs. 1970. p. 389.
  7. ^ "'Mr. Europe' ambassador to West Germany". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. Canadian Press. 16 July 1975. p. 16. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
  8. ^ "Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 August 2017.
  9. ^ Since 1971, Canadian Ambassadors to Austria have been accredited to the Office of the United Nations at Vienna, and to the United Nations Industrial Development Organization.
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