Embassy Information
[ 日本語 (Japanese) / ภาษาไทย (Thai) ]
Nobutoshi AKAO
Former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to the Kingdom of Thailand
| 1961 | Graduated from Kyoto University, Faculty of Law |
| 1963 | Graduated from Yale Graduate School (M.A.) |
| 1980/81 | Senior Research Fellow, The Royal Institute of International Affairs, the United Kingdom |
| 1961 | Entered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| 1977 | Director, Second International Organizations (OECD) Division, Economic Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| 1977 | Private Secretary to Mr. Nobuhiko Ushiba, Minister for External Economic Affairs |
| 1978 | Director, Press Division, Public Information and Cultural Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| 1980 | Counsellor, Embassy of Japan in the United Kingdom |
| 1981 | Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations in New York |
| 1984 | Deputy Director-General, Economic Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| 1987 | Minister, Embassy of Japan in the United States of America |
| 1990 | Director-General, The United Nations Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| 1991 | Ambassador for Global Environment Affairs and concurrently Ambassador for Asia-Pacific Cooperation (Senior Delegate to APEC SOM), Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| 1993 | Ambassador for International Economic Affairs (Chief Negotiator for Uruguay Rouand) and concurrently Ambassador for Global Environmental Affairs |
| 1994 | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative of Japan to the International Organizations in Vienna |
| 1996 | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative of Japan to the International Organizations in Geneva |
| Nov.1999 up to now |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Kingdom of Thailand |
| Oct. 2000 - Dec. 2001 |
IUCN Regional Councillor for South and East Asia |
Conference Posts
- Co-chairman, Working Group I (later II) of Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for the Framework Convention of Climate Change (1991-95)
- Chairman, COP8 of CITES (Kyoto, 1992)
- Chairman, World Conference of the UN Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (Yokohama, 1994)
- Chairman, Standing Committee of CITES (1994-96)
- Chairman, Working Group on the Safeguard Financing of IAEA (1994-95)
- Chairman, Governing Body of ILO (1998-99)
- Chairman, Council for Trade in Services, WTO (1998)
- Chairman, Dispute Settlement Body, WTO (1999)