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Professor John Langmore

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John Langmore is a Professorial Fellow in the Political Science Department at the University of Melbourne. He was Director of the UN Division for Social Policy and Development in New York for five years from 1997 and then Representative of the International Labour Organization to the United Nations for two. One of his principal responsibilities while working in the UN Secretariat was organisation of the special session of the General Assembly on social development held in Geneva in June 2000. When appointed, he was the most senior Australian working in the UN Secretariat. Between 1984 and 1996, he was a Member of the Australian House of Representatives for the seat of Fraser, where he chaired several House committees on economic policy, social justice, the environment and the Australian Capital Territory. While chairing the House Standing Committee on the Environment, major reports on employment and the environment, Australia's World Heritage areas, maintaining Australia's biodiversity, and an assessment of the implementation of greenhouse gas emission reduction measures were completed. Professor Brunckhorst was the principal scientific advisor to the House Committee for several of these national inquires.