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Fekitamoeloa Katoa ʻUtoikamanu〔("INTERVIEW: FEKITAMOELOA KATOA ‘UTOIKAMANU" ), ''Islands Business'', July 8, 2009〕 (born ) is a Tongan diplomat who served as her country's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, where she also represented the Pacific Islands Forum,〔("52nd Commission on the Status of Women" ), Secretariat of the Pacific Community〕 from February 15, 2005〔("NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF TONGA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS" ), United Nations, February 15, 2005〕 to late April 2009.〔("Tonga's new Ambassador to the UN in New York" ), Matangi Tonga, April 16, 2009〕 Her concomitant ambassadorial rank was that of Tonga's ambassador to the United States, Venezuela and Cuba, and High Commissioner to Canada,〔("INTERVIEW: FEKITAMOELOA KATOA ‘UTOIKAMANU" ), ''Islands Business'', July 8, 2009〕 from May 26, 2005.〔("Fekitamoeloa Utoikamanu Presents Credentials" ), US Department of State, May 26, 2005〕 In April 2009, she stepped down from her ambassadorial duties, both in the United Nations and the four countries above, and was appointed Deputy Director General of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community.〔("Tonga's new Ambassador to the UN in New York" ), Matangi Tonga, April 16, 2009〕 Ambassador ʻUtoikamanu is a graduate of the University of Auckland, receiving her Bachelor of Commerce in Economics degree in 1980 and her Master of Commerce in Economics in 1983. Prior to her appointment to the United Nations in 2005, she served in Tonga's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as Deputy Secretary of Foreign Affairs from 1991 to 2002, then as Secretary of Foreign Affairs from 2002 to 2005.〔("NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF TONGA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS" ), United Nations, February 15, 2005〕 As Tonga's representative at the United Nations, Ambassador ʻUtoikamanu emphasised the need to address the issue of climate change.〔("Statement during the Thematic Debate on Addressing Climate Change: The UN and the World at Work" ), Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of Tonga to the United Nations, February 12, 2008〕 She is married and has one child. ==External links== * (The Washington Diplomat Newspaper - Ambassador Profile ) *(Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of Tonga to the United Nations ) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fekitamoeloa ʻUtoikamanu」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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