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<p><font size="+1"></font><font size="+1"><strong>June 5, 2003 <em>(1:00 p.m. EDT)</em> No. 80</strong></font></p>
<p align="CENTER"><font size="+1"><strong>APPOINTMENT TO INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH CENTRE BOARD OF
GOVERNORS</strong></font></p>
<p><font size="+1"></font>Foreign Affairs Minister Bill Graham today announced the appointment of Paul Thibault to the Board of Governors of the
International Development Research Centre (IDRC).</p>
<p>The IDRC is a public corporation created by the Parliament of Canada in 1970 to help scientists and communities in
developing countries find solutions to social, economic and environmental problems through research. By bringing together
people, institutions and ideas, the Centre seeks to ensure that the benefits of this research will be shared equitably among all
its partners in both the northern and southern hemispheres.</p>
<p>The IDRC is directed by a 21-member Board of Governors comprising 11 Canadian members and 10 non-Canadian
members.</p>
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<p>A biographical note is attached.</p>
<p>For further information, media representatives may contact:</p>
<p>Isabelle Savard</p>
<p>Director of Communications</p>
<p>Office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs</p>
<p>(613) 995-1851</p>
<p>Media Relations Office</p>
<p>Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade</p>
<p>(613) 995-1874</p>
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<p align="CENTER"><strong>BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE</strong></p>
<p><strong>Paul Thibault</strong> was appointed President of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) on May 5, 2003.
Previously he served as Associate Deputy Minister, Foreign Affairs, and Associate Deputy Minister of Industry.
Mr. Thibault began his career in the Public Service in 1968 with the Department of External Affairs, where he held a
number of positions in Ottawa and abroad, including in Geneva, Tehran and Paris. In 1985, he became Director of the
Operations, Priorities and Planning Secretariat with the Privy Council Office, later becoming the Assistant Secretary to the
Cabinet (Security and Intelligence). He moved to the Treasury Board Secretariat in 1992, where he served as Assistant
Secretary, Program Branch (Government Operations, Foreign and Defence), Acting Deputy Secretary, Program Branch,
then Assistant Secretary, Government Operations Sector, and Executive Director, Canada Infrastructure Works Program. In
1997, Mr. Thibault was appointed Executive Director of the Immigration and Refugee Board, and the following year he
became Federal Coordinator of the Year 2000 National Contingency Planning for the Department of National Defence.</p>
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