Kevin Rudd has confirmed he has been sounded out about the possibility of a job with the United Nations, but says he is still committed to serving a full term if re-elected as MP for the Brisbane seat of Griffith.

Mr Rudd recently met UN chief Ban Ki-Moon in New York and today a spokesman for the former prime minister said the two men had discussed the possibility of Mr Rudd taking a job with the UN.

The statement from Mr Rudd's office said Mr Ban phoned Mr Rudd a couple of weeks ago and "among other matters" raised the idea of Mr Rudd being appointed to a UN panel dealing with development issues.

The statement says the panel would only meet three times a year.

"Membership of any such panel would not be based in New York," the statement says.

"Given that such panel membership involves limited meetings and does not require any residency abroad, should Mr Rudd be appointed to such a panel it would not cause any impediment to him discharging his responsibilities as a local Member of Parliament or as a minister in a future Labor government should the government be re-elected."

Campaigning at a primary school in his Brisbane electorate yesterday, Mr Rudd ignored questions from the media and said only that he would be campaigning on local issues during the election campaign.

Further attention has focused on Mr Rudd today after further reports surfaced over deals supposedly made between him and Julia Gillard the night before he was ousted as prime minister.

The Australian has published a diplomatic cable from the New Zealand High Commission in Canberra which says Mr Rudd "has apparently conveniently forgotten that the 'deal' struck in advance of the leadership spill was that he would stand down immediately".