The Chief Negotiator for COP23, Luke Daunivalu was sworn in as Fiji’s new High Commissioner to Australia.

Prior to his diplomatic appointment, Daunivalu was Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative at the Permanent Mission of Fiji to the United Nations.

He served as New York Deputy Secretary (Policy) and also as Counsellor/Deputy Permanent Representative at the Permanent Mission of Fiji to the United Nations in New York.

Ambassador Daunivalu holds a Masters in Public International Law and a separate Bachelor of Laws, attained from Australia in 1996.

Meanwhile former Australian High Commissioner, Yogesh Punja is now Fiji’s new High Commissioner to India.