TRAVEL REPORT The Hon. Michael Atkinson MP Attorney-General ...

CROATIA PROGRAMWednesday 4th August, 2004.Mr Gordan BakotaState SecretaryDeputy Minister for Foreign AffairsMr MouninvanaCroatian Foreign MinistryKevin McDonaldFirst Secretary and ConsulAustralian Embassy, CroatiaBiographyEducation :2000 - 2003 - postgraduate studies in International Trade, Facing andUnderstanding Current Terrorism Threat in InternationalCommunity, Conflict Resolution in International Environment ;the Georgetown University, Washington D.C . ;1997- passed counsellor exam, M .F.A . Diplomatic School(counsellor thesis :"Consular Relations and the Procedure of Opening ConsularOffices") ;1991 - graduated from the Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb(thesis : "Diplomatic and Consular Immunity - Analysis andApplication of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic andConsular Relations")Career and professional experience :2003 appointed State Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ;1999-2003 Head of the Consular Department, Counsellor, CroatianEmbassy in Washington D.C . ;1998-1999 Head of the Consular Department, First Secretary, CroatianEmbassy in Belgrade ;1997-1998 International Law Department, First Secretary, M.F.A . ;1994-1997 Head of the Consular Department, Second Secretary,Embassy of the Republic of Croatia in Bern ;1993-1994 Vice Consul, General Consulate of the Republic of Croatia, inZurich ;1992 research assistant at the Consular Department, M .F.A . ;Travel Report, Hon. Michael Atkinson, MP . and Ms. Vini Ciccarello MP., August, 2004 3 7