(Ebook) Malaysia at the United Nations: A Study of Foreign Policy Priorities, 1957-1987. by Rajmah Hussain. ISBN 9789831004944, 9831004949

(Ebook) Malaysia at the United Nations: A Study of Foreign Policy Priorities, 1957-1987. by Rajmah Hussain. ISBN 9789831004944, 9831004949

This book documentsimportant material on Malaysia's membership ofthe United Nations during the country's first three decades after independence. It also further reinforces theimportance of the United Nations and multilateral diplomacy in the pursuit of foreign policy priorities. Of special significance had been theway the formation of Malaysia in 1963 had borne the stamp of United Nations approval. Group diplomacy had also played an important role in the attainment of Malaysia's foreign policy priorities at the world body where all nations oft h e world arerepresented.The author, Datuk Dr. Rajmah Hussain, obtained her degreeof Doctor ofPhilosophy in International Relationsfrom theLondonSchool of Economics and Political Science, University of London, in 1988. Shehad served in the Malaysian Foreign Service for 32 years before retiring inJune 2008. She served insix diplomatic posts abroad, four of which werea t the Ambassadorial level- as Ambassador of Malaysia to France, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Malaysia to theUnited Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva, Ambassador of Malaysia to Austria and Permanent Representative of Malaysia to the United Nations in Vienna, and Ambassador of Malaysia to the United States of America. Datuk Dr. Rajmah is an Adjunct Professor at the Department of International and Strategic Studies, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur since2009.