New Zealand Lawyer Leslie Munro Signed 3X5 Card JG Autographs COA

This item is certified authentic by JG Autographs and comes with their Certificate of Authenticity. (26 February 1901 - 13 February 1974) was a New Zealand lawyer, journalist, and politician of international standing. Where he graduated with a. He became dean of the law faculty at the University of Auckland in 1938, and taught and administrated at the university in a variety of roles until 1951. Munro was also president of the Auckland District Law Society from 1936 to 1938. Munro gave radio talks on world events for the. New Zealand National Broadcasting Service. Where he was editor from 1942 to 1951. Munro was a founding member of the. And held significant executive positions in the party, helping it to victory in the. In 1952 the new Prime Minister. Appointed Munro the New Zealand ambassador to the United States, and the. Of New Zealand to the United Nations.

In that capacity, he lobbied for the New Zealand government to support efforts by the United States to increase its involvement in. In response to the success of the. While he came to recognize the. As an indigenous movement, he still contended that it was supported by.

People's Republic of China. As part of a campaign of. As New Zealand's permanent representative to the UN, he served as president of the. From 1953 to 1954 and.

President of the United Nations General Assembly. He was also three times. And was serving in that position at the outbreak of. At the UN he was an outspoken critic of the Soviet response to the. And was appointed the special representative for the'Hungarian question'.

Munro was knighted in 1955 with a. Although he was removed from his position as permanent representative in 1958 by the. He remained a special representative until 1962, and was also secretary-general of the. He wrote the widely read United Nations:Hope for a divided world in 1960.

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