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Article: A different kind of diplomat. (Norman Manjaka of the Delegates' Dining Room at UN Headquarters)
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- UN Chronicle
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- September 1, 1990
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A Different Kind of Diplomat
Norman Manjaka is not a trained diplomat and yet his skills of diplomacy, discretion and tact are tested daily. As Manager and Maitre d'Hotel of the Delegates' Dining Room at UN Headquarters in New York, he greets and seats ambassadors and other dignitaries from all over the world--and ordinary tourists as well--with the same elegent manner.
Like a general, Mr. Manjaka directs a staff of 30 from a desk covered with flags of many of the 159 UN Member States, just outside the fourth floor dining room.
His duties include overseeing the serving of some 80,000 lunches a year in the spacious dining room--with ...