Yvon Beaulne

{{Short description|Canadian diplomat}} {{primary sources|date=June 2015}} '''Joseph Charles Léonard Yvon Beaulne''' (1919{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}}–1999<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sencanada.ca/en/Content/Sen/chamber/361/debates/149db_1999-06-14-e|title=Debates - Issue 149 - June 14, 1999|work=parl.gc.ca}}</ref>) was a [[Canadians|Canadian]] [[diplomat]]. He was Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to [[Venezuela]], the [[Dominican Republic]] and [[Brazil]]. He then became the Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the [[United Nations]] in [[New York City|New York]] and shortly thereafter to [[UNESCO]] and then to the [[papal]] [[Holy See]].

He was awarded [[The Order of Canada]] in 1992 for his contribution "to the promotion of human rights and freedoms, particularly through the creation of the Human Rights Research and Education Centre at the University of Ottawa and his considerable work with the United Nations Human Rights Commission."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gg.ca/honour.aspx?id=2996&t=12&ln=Beaulne|title=Order of Canada - Yvon Beaulne, C.M.|access-date= 22 June 2015}}</ref>

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== External links == * [http://www.international.gc.ca/department/history-histoire/hplPeople-en.asp?lan=1 Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada Complete List of Posts] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005081341/http://www.international.gc.ca/department/history-histoire/hplPeople-en.asp?lan=1 |date=2013-10-05 }}

{{S-start}} {{s-dip}} {{Succession box|title=Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to [[Venezuela]]| before=[[Andrew Donald Ross]]| after=[[Bruce Irving Rankin]]| years=1961–1964}} {{Succession box|title=Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the [[Dominican Republic]]| before=[[Kenneth Frederick Noble]]| after=[[Bruce Irving Rankin]]| years=1963–1964}} {{Succession box|title=Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to [[Brazil]]| before=[[Paul André Beaulieu]]| after=[[Clive Edward Glover]]| years=1967–1969}} {{Succession box|title=Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the [[United Nations]] (New York)| before=[[George Ignatieff]]| after=[[Saul Forbes Rae]]| years=1969–1972}} {{Succession box|title=Ambassador and Permanent Delegate to the [[United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization]] (UNESCO)| before=[[Jean-Louis Gagnon]]| after=[[Pierre L. Trottier]]| years=1976–1979}} {{Succession box|title=Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the [[Holy See]]| before=[[Jacques Bélec]]| after=[[Pierre Dumas (diplomat)|Pierre Dumas]]| years=1978–1984}} {{S-end}}

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