PERSONAL HISTORY MICHAEL DAVIES (0.B.E.,M.A.,)
Personal Particulars
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Date of Birth
Address
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29th May 1930.
Division des Stupéfiants,
Palais des Nations,
1211 GENEVE, 10.
Place of Birth
United Kingdom
"Les Fleurettes",
1295 Mies,
VAUD, Switzerland.
Tel: Geneva 33.40.00 Ext.3980
Tel: Geneva 55.28.93
Education
1940-48
Prince Henry's Grammar School, Evesham: (Head of School; Cricket XI; Football XI; House Captain)
1950-53
New College, Oxford: B.A. (Second Class Honours, Modern History); New College, 1st VIII; Secretary, New College Boat Club
1953-54
University of London: (First Devonshire Course for Colonial Service Administrative Officers)
Military Service
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National Service in Kenya as Second Lieutenant, Royal Army Service Corps.
1948-50
Career
1954
District Officer in Northern Uganda
1960
1963
1965-73
April 1973 to date
Experience
Management,
Organization
and
Assistant Secretary, Ministry of Security and External Relations, Uganda Principal Assistant Secretary, Under-Secretary, and then Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Uganda
Permanent Secretary on Special Duty and Principal, Institute of Public Administration, Uganda. Resigned.
Consultant and Technical Adviser, United Nations Division of Narcotic Drugs, Geneva. (Job description attached)
Administration
Finance
Planning
Training
Writing
Law
Experience of committee work as member, secretary, chairman of numerous bodies from local authority to national level. Organization and administration up to level of Ministry with responsibility for co-ordination of subordinate departments. Organizational development, including formation of national civil service training institution. International negotiation for aid input to developing states in field of drug abuse control.
Responsibility for custody and control of public funds, including preparation of estimates, budgetary control and negotiation of foreign aid, both from point of view of receiving state, and of UN as aid donor. Close involvement in planning and plan implementation, including membership of committees for production of national five-year development plans. Negotiation of UN input to country programmes for drug abuse control.
Responsibility for wide range of training associated with a national training institution.
Produced usual range of memoranda, reports and training publications on whole range of conduct of business of government and recently on problems of drug abuse control.
Adviser on
Magistrate in civil and criminal law during field service. implementation of aspects of Constitution and related laws following appointment to Ministry.
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