List of current Permanent Representatives to the United Nations
This is a list of the current Permanent Representatives to the United Nations at United Nations Headquarters, New York City. Listed are the country that they represent and the date that they presented their credentials to the UN Secretary-General.[1] The list is sorted by the official order in which the flags are flown in front of UN buildings. This is also the seating arrangement in the General Assembly. Permanent representatives are also appointed to the United Nations Offices in Geneva, Vienna, and Nairobi; and Permanent Delegates to UNESCO Headquarters at Paris, France.
United Nations member states
# | Country | Name | Date of presentation of credentials (as of 5 June 2017)[1] |
Former Permanent Representatives |
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1. | Afghanistan | Mahmoud Saikal | 27 October 2015 | |
2. | Albania | Besiana Kadare | 30 June 2016 | Permanent Representative of Albania to the United Nations |
3. | Algeria | Sabri Boukadoum | 14 March 2014 | |
4. | Andorra | Elisenda Vives Balmaña | 3 November 2015 | |
5. | Angola | Ismael Abraão Gaspar Martins | 23 May 2001 | |
6. | Antigua and Barbuda | Walton Alfonso Webson | 17 December 2014 | |
7. | Argentina | María Cristina Perceval | 23 November 2012 | |
8. | Armenia | Zohrab Mnatsakanian | 10 June 2014 | |
9. | Australia | Gillian Bird | 17 February 2015 | Permanent Representative of Australia to the United Nations |
10. | Austria | Jan Kickert | 8 September 2015 | |
11. | Azerbaijan | Yashar T. Aliyev | 10 June 2014 | |
12. | Bahamas | Elliston Rahming | 13 September 2013 | |
13. | Bahrain | Jamal Fares Alrowaiei | 14 September 2011 | |
14. | Bangladesh | Masud Bin Momen | 24 September 2015 | |
15. | Barbados | Keith Hamilton Lewellyn Marshall | 22 April 2015 | Permanent Representative of Barbados to the United Nations |
16. | Belarus | Andrei Dapkiunas | 4 January 2012 | |
17. | Belgium | Marc Pecsteen de Buytswerve | 22 August 2016 | List of Belgian Permanent Representatives to the United Nations |
18. | Belize | Lois Michele Young | 19 September 2012 | |
19. | Benin | Jean-Francis Régis Zinsou | 7 January 2010 | |
20. | Bhutan | Kunzang Choden Namgyel | 25 February 2014[2] | |
21. | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | Sacha Sergio Llorentty Solíz | 19 September 2012 | |
22. | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Miloš Vukašinović | 13 August 2015 | |
23. | Botswana | Charles Thembani Ntwaagae | 31 July 2008 | |
24. | Brazil | Mauro Luiz Iecker Vieira | 11 November 2016 | |
25. | Brunei Darussalam | Dato Abdul Ghafar Ismail | 28 March 2013 | |
26. | Bulgaria | Georgi Velikov Panayotov | 9 September 2016 | |
27. | Burkina Faso | Yemdaogo Eric Tiare | 21 December 2015 | |
28. | Burundi | Albert Shingiro | 4 September 2014 | |
29. | Cabo Verde | José Luis Fialho Rocha | 5 December 2016 | |
30. | Cambodia | Ry Tuy | 28 February 2014 | |
31. | Cameroon | Michel Tommo Monthé | 8 September 2008 | |
32. | Canada | Marc-André Blanchard | 12 April 2016 | Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations |
33. | Central African Republic | Ambroisine Kpongo | 19 September 2014 | |
34. | Chad | Ali Alefei Moustapha | 9 January 2017 | |
35. | Chile | Cristián Barros Melet | 16 April 2014 | Permanent Representative of Chile to the United Nations |
36. | China | Liu Jieyi | 3 September 2013 | Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations |
37. | Colombia | Maria Emma Mejia Vélez | 25 February 2014 | Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations |
38. | Comoros | Mohamed Soilihi Soilih | 5 November 2014 | |
39. | Congo | Raymond-Serge Balé | 11 November 2008 | |
40. | Costa Rica | Juan Carlos Mendoza García | 4 September 2014 | |
41. | Côte d'Ivoire | Claude Stanislas Bouah-Kamon | 11 May 2015 | |
42. | Croatia | Vladimir Drobnjak | 5 August 2013 | Permanent Representative of Croatia to the United Nations |
43. | Cuba | Anayansi Rodríguez Camejo | 23 January 2017 | |
44. | Cyprus | Kornelios Korneliou | 22 February 2017 | |
45. | Czech Republic | Marie Chatardová | 2 August 2016 | |
46. | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | Ja Song Nam | 28 February 2014 | |
47. | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Ignace Gata Mavita wa Lufuta | 5 September 2012 | |
48. | Denmark | Ib Petersen | 5 August 2013 | |
49. | Djibouti | Mohamed Siad Doualeh | 24 November 2015 | |
50. | Dominica | Loreen Ruth Bannis-Roberts | 22 August 2016 | |
51. | Dominican Republic | Francisco Antonio Cortorreal | 16 April 2014 | |
52. | Ecuador | Horacio Sevilla Borja | 9 June 2016 | |
53. | Egypt | Amr Abdellatif Aboulatta | 14 September 2014 | |
54. | El Salvador | Rubén Ignacio Zamora Rivas | 13 August 2014 | |
55. | Equatorial Guinea | Anatolio Ndong Mba | 7 January 2010 | |
56. | Eritrea | Amanuel Giorgio | chargé d’affaires ad interim | |
57. | Estonia | Sven Jürgenson | 13 August 2015 | |
58. | Ethiopia | Tekeda Alemu | 24 January 2011 | |
59. | Fiji | Luke Daunivalu | chargé d’affaires ad interim | |
60. | Finland | Kai Jürgen Mikael Sauer | 19 August 2014 | Permanent Representative of Finland to the United Nations |
61. | France | François Delattre | 10 September 2009 | Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations |
62. | Gabon | Baudelaire Ndong Ella | 31 July 2015 | |
63. | Gambia | Mamadou Tangara | 3 May 2017 | |
64. | Georgia | Kaha Imnadze[3] | 23 July 2013 | |
65. | Germany | Harald Braun | 14 March 2014 | Permanent Representative of Germany to the United Nations |
66. | Ghana | Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee | 31 July 2015 | |
67. | Greece | Catherine Boura | 10 March 2015 | |
68. | Grenada | Kesha A. McGuire | 12 April 2016 | Grenadian Permanent Representative to the United Nations |
69. | Guatemala | Jorge Skinner-Klée | 9 September 2016 | |
70. | Guinea | Mamadi Touré | 14 September 2011 | |
71. | Guinea-Bissau | João Soares Da Gama | 13 August 2010 | |
72. | Guyana | Rudolp Michael Ten-Pow | 22 August 2016 | Permanent Representative of Guyana to the United Nations |
73. | Haiti | Denis Regis | 23 July 2013 | |
74. | Honduras | Mary Elizabeth Flores | 29 April 2010 | Permanent Representative of Honduras to the United Nations |
75. | Hungary | Katalin Annamária Bogyay | 20 January 2015 | |
76. | Iceland | Einar Gunnarsson | 20 January 2015 | |
77. | India | Syed Akbaruddin | 24 September 2015 | Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations |
78. | Indonesia | Dian Triansyah Djani | 12 April 2016 | Permanent Representative of Indonesia to the United Nations |
79. | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | Gholamali Khoshroo | 17 February 2015 | Permanent Representative of Iran to the United Nations |
80. | Iraq | Mohamed Ali Alhakim | 3 May 2013 | Permanent Representative of Iraq to the United Nations |
81. | Ireland | David Donoghue | 13 September 2013 | |
82. | Israel | Danny Danon | 14 August 2015 | Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations |
83. | Italy | Sebastiano Cardi | 20 September 2013 | Permanent Representative of Italy to the United Nations |
84. | Jamaica | Courtenay Rattray | 25 June 2013 | |
85. | Japan | Koro Bessho | 10 June 2016 | |
86. | Jordan | Sima Sami Bahous | 22 August 2016 | |
87. | Kazakhstan | Kairat Umarov | 9 January 2017 | |
88. | Kenya | Macharia Kamau | 16 December 2010 | |
89. | Kiribati | Makurita Baaro | 19 August 2013 | |
90. | Kuwait | Mansour Ayyad SH A Alotaibi | 4 March 2010 | |
91. | Kyrgyzstan | Mirgul Moldoisaeva | 12 April 2016 | |
92. | Lao People's Democratic Republic | Khiane Phansourivong | 16 April 2014 | |
93. | Latvia | Jānis Mažeiks | 3 September 2013 | |
94. | Lebanon | Nawaf Salam | 13 July 2007 | |
95. | Lesotho | Kelebone Maope | 25 June 2013 | |
96. | Liberia | Marjon V. Kamara[4] | 8 October 2009 | Permanent Representative of Liberia to the United Nations |
97. | Libya | Elmahdi S. Elmajerbi | chargé d’affaires ad interim | |
98. | Liechtenstein | Christian Wenaweser | 1 October 2002 | |
99. | Lithuania | Raimonda Murmokaitė | 25 October 2012 | Permanent Representative of Lithuania to the United Nations |
100. | Luxembourg | Christian Braun | 9 September 2016 | Permanent Representative of Luxembourg to the United Nations |
101. | Madagascar | Zina Andrianarivelo-Razafy | 9 September 2002 | |
102. | Malawi | Necton D. Mhura | 9 September 2016 | |
103. | Malaysia | Muhammad Shahrul Ikram bin Yaakob | 22 February 2017 | |
104. | Maldives | Ali Naseer Mohamed | 17 July 2017 | |
105. | Mali | Issa Konfourou | 9 September 2016 | |
106. | Malta | Carmelo Inguanez | 5 July 2016 | |
107. | Marshall Islands | Amatlain Elizabeth Kabua | 5 July 2016 | |
108. | Mauritania | Ousmane Ba | 5 July 2017 | |
109. | Mauritius | Jagdish Dharamchand Koonjul | 24 November 2015 | |
110. | Mexico | Juan José Gomez Camacho | 16 February 2016 | |
111. | Federated States of Micronesia | Jane J. Chigiyal | 2 December 2011 | |
112. | Monaco | Isabelle F. Picco | 11 September 2009 | |
113. | Mongolia | Sukhee Sukhbold | 31 July 2015 | |
114. | Montenegro | Željko Perović | 11 May 2015 | |
115. | Morocco | Omar Hilale | 23 April 2014 | Permanent Representative of Morocco to the United Nations |
116. | Mozambique | António Gumende | 20 October 2011 | |
117. | Myanmar | Hau Do Suan | 5 July 2016 | |
118. | Namibia | Neville Melvin Gertze | 9 January 2017 | |
119. | Nauru | Marlene Moses | 30 March 2005 | |
120. | Nepal | Durga Prasad Bhattarai | 19 August 2013 | |
121. | Netherlands | Karel van Oosterom | 5 August 2013 | |
122. | New Zealand | Gerard van Bohemen | 11 May 2015 | List of Permanent Representatives of New Zealand to the United Nations in New York |
123. | Nicaragua | María Rubiales de Chamorro | 13 July 2007 | |
124. | Niger | Abdallah Wafy | 8 September 2015 | |
125. | Nigeria | Tijjani Muhammad Bande | 3 May 2017 | |
126. | Norway | Geir O. Pedersen | 5 September 2012 | |
127. | Oman | Khalifa Ali Issa Al Harthy | 9 September 2016 | |
128. | Pakistan | Maleeha Lodhi | 10 March 2015 | Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations |
129. | Palau | Ngedikes Olai Uludong | 21 March 2017 | |
130. | Panama | Laura Elena Flores Herrera | 4 September 2014 | Permanent Representative of Panama to the United Nations |
131. | Papua New Guinea | Max Hufanen Rai | 9 June 2016 | |
132. | Paraguay | Julio César Arriola Ramirez | 21 March 2017 | |
133. | Peru | Gustavo Adolfo Meza-Cuadra Velásquez | 24 October 2013 | |
134. | Philippines | Teodoro Lopez Locsin | 19 April 2017 | Permanent Representative of the Philippines to the United Nations |
135. | Poland | Boguslaw Winid | 4 September 2014 | |
136. | Portugal | Alvaro José Costa de Mendonça e Moura | 16 April 2013 | |
137. | Qatar | Alya bint Ahmed Al Thani | 24 October 2013 | |
138. | Republic of Korea | Cho Tae-yul | 5 December 2016 | |
139. | Republic of Moldova | Victor Moraru | 5 July 2017 | |
140. | Romania | Ion Jinga | 13 August 2015 | |
141. | Russian Federation | Vasily Nebenzya | 20 February 2017 | Permanent Representative of Russia to the United Nations |
142. | Rwanda | Valentine Rugwabiza | 11 November 2016 | |
143. | Saint Kitts and Nevis | Sam Terrance Condor | 27 October 2015 | |
144. | Saint Lucia | Cosmos Richardson | 22 February 2017 | |
145. | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Inga Rhonda King | 13 September 2013 | |
146. | Samoa | Ali'ioaiga Feturi Elisaia | 18 September 2003 | |
147. | San Marino | Damiano Beleffi | 22 August 2016 | |
148. | São Tomé and Príncipe | Alcinio Cravid e Silva | chargé d’affaires ad interim | |
149. | Saudi Arabia | Abdallah Yahya A. Al-Mouallimi | 23 June 2011 | |
150. | Senegal | Fodé Seck | 19 September 2014 | |
151. | Serbia | Milan Milanović | 19 August 2013 | |
152. | Seychelles | Ronald Jean Jumeau | 3 May 2017 | |
153. | Sierra Leone | Adikalie Foday Sumah | 9 September 2016 | |
154. | Singapore | Burhanudeen Gafoor | 22 August 2016 | |
155. | Slovakia | František Ružička | 5 September 2012 | |
156. | Slovenia | Andrej Logar | 3 September 2013 | |
157. | Solomon Islands | Robert Sisilo | 23 January 2017 | |
158. | Somalia | Yusuf Garad Omar | 11 November 2016 | |
159. | South Africa | Jeremiah Nyamane Kingsley Mamabolo[5] | 13 March 2013 | |
160. | South Sudan | Akuei Bona Malwal | 5 July 2016 | |
161. | Spain | Román Oyarzun Marchesi | 9 January 2014 | |
162. | Sri Lanka | Amrith Rohan Perera | 22 April 2015 | Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations |
163. | Sudan | Omar Dahab Fadi Mohamed | 8 September 2015 | |
164. | Suriname | Henry Leonard Mac-Donald | 21 October 2016 | |
165. | Swaziland | Melusi Martin Masuku | 5 July 2017 | |
166. | Sweden | Olof Skoog | 10 March 2015 | Permanent Representative of Sweden to the United Nations |
167. | Switzerland | Jürg Lauber | 8 September 2015 | |
168. | Syrian Arab Republic | Bashar Jaafari | 31 July 2006 | Permanent Representative of Syria to the United Nations |
169. | Tajikistan | Mahmadamin Mahmadaminov | 25 February 2014 | |
170. | Thailand | Virachai Plasai | 10 March 2015 | |
171. | Republic of Macedonia[6] | Vasile Andonovski | 14 March 2014 | |
172. | Timor-Leste | Milena Pires | 12 April 2016 | |
173. | Togo | Kokou Kpayedo | 30 June 2016 | |
174. | Tonga | Mahe 'Uli'uli Sandhurst Tupouniua | 19 August 2013 | |
175. | Trinidad and Tobago | Pennelope Althea Beckles | 22 August 2016 | |
176. | Tunisia | Mohamed Khaled Khiari | 23 November 2012 | |
177. | Turkey | Feridun Hadi Sinirlioglu | 21 October 2016 | |
178. | Turkmenistan | Aksoltan Toreevna Ataeva | 23 February 1995 | |
179. | Tuvalu | Aunese Makoi Simati | 20 December 2012 | |
180. | Uganda | Adonia Ayebare | 3 May 2017 | |
181. | Ukraine | Volodymyr Yelchenko | 9 December 2015 | Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations |
182. | United Arab Emirates | Lana Zaki Nusseibeh | 18 September 2013 | |
183. | United Kingdom | Matthew Rycroft | 25 April 2015 | Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations |
184. | United Republic of Tanzania | Modest Jonathan Mero | 21 March 2017 | Permanent Representative of Tanzania to the United Nations |
185. | United States of America | Nikki Haley | 27 January 2017 | United States Ambassador to the United Nations |
186. | Uruguay | Elbio Roselli | 21 December 2015 | |
187. | Uzbekistan | Bakhtiyor Ibragimov | 23 May 2017 | |
188. | Vanuatu | Odo Tevi | 13 August 2014 | |
189. | Venezuela | Rafael Darío Ramírez Carreño | 16 January 2015 | |
190. | Vietnam | Nguyen Phuong Nga | 5 November 2014 | |
191. | Yemen | Khaled Hussein Mohamed Alyemany | 20 January 2015 | |
192. | Zambia | Lazarous Kapambwe | 5 July 2017 | |
193. | Zimbabwe | Frederick Musiiwa Makamure Shava | 19 September 2014 |
United Nations General Assembly observers
Non-member observer states
(as of 1 February 2017)
State | Name | Date of presentation of credentials [1] |
Former Permanent Observers |
---|---|---|---|
Holy See | Bernardito Auza | 19 September 2014 | Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations |
Palestine | Riyad Mansour | 12 September 2005[7] | Palestinian Ambassador to the United Nations |
Intergovernmental organizations
Other entities
Listed below are representatives from organizations, not sovereign states, described by the United Nations as "Other entities having received a standing invitation to participate as observers in the sessions and the work of the General Assembly and maintaining permanent offices at Headquarters." (as of 1 February 2017)
Entity | Name | Date of presentation of credentials |
---|---|---|
International Committee of the Red Cross | Philip Spoerri[21] | 17 December 2014 |
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies | Alasan Senghore[22] | 9 June 2016 |
International Olympic Committee | Mario Pescante[23] | 15 March 2010 |
Inter-Parliamentary Union | Paddy Torsney[24] | 16 April 2014 |
Sovereign Military Order of Malta | Oscar R. de Rojas[25] | 3 November 2015 |
See also
References
- 1 2 3 "List of Permanent Representatives and Observers to the United Nations in New York (As of Wednesday, 5 July 2017)" (PDF). United Nations Protocol and Liaison Service. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
- ↑ http://www.un.int/protocol/sites/www.un.int/files/Protocol%20and%20Liaison%20Service/headsofmissions.pdf
- ↑ "Biographical note - New permanent Representative of Georgia presents credentials". United Nations Department of Public Information, News and Media Division, New York. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
- ↑ "New Permanent Representative of Liberia presents credentials". United Nations Department of Public Information, News and Media Division, New York. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
- ↑ "Biographical note - New Permanent Representative of South Africa presents credentials". United Nations Department of Public Information, News and Media Division, New York. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
- ↑ Referred to by the United Nations as "The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" due to the Macedonia naming dispute, and alphabetically ordered accordingly.
- ↑ "Biographical note - New Permanent Observer of Palestine presents appointment letter". Retrieved 10 October 2013.
- ↑ "Biographical note - New Permanent Observer for African Union presents appointment letter". United Nations Department of Public Information, News and Media Division, New York. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
- ↑ "Biographical note - New Permanent Observer for Asian-African Legal Consultative Organization presents appointment letter". United Nations Department of Public Information, News and Media Division, New York. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
- ↑ "Biographical note - New Permanent Observer of the Caribbean Community presents appointment letter". United Nations Department of Public Information, News and Media Division, New York. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
- ↑ "Biographical note - New Permanent Observer for Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf presents appointment letter". United Nations Department of Public Information, News and Media Division, New York. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
- ↑ "Biographical note - New Permanent Observer of Economic Community of Western African States presents appointment letter". United Nations Department of Public Information, News and Media Division, New York. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
- ↑ "Biographical note - New Head of European Union Delegation presents appointment letter". United Nations Department of Public Information, News and Media Division, New York. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
- ↑ "Biographical note - New Permanent Observer for the Organisation for International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources presents appointment letter". United Nations Department of Public Information, News and Media Division, New York. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
- ↑ "Biographical note - New Permanent Observer for the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development presents appointment letter". United Nations Department of Public Information, News and Media Division, New York. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
- ↑ "Biographical note - New Permanent Observer for Organisation of American States presents appointment letter". United Nations Department of Public Information, News and Media Division, New York. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
- ↑ "Biographical note - New Permanent Observer for Organization of Islamic Cooperation presents appointment letter". United Nations Department of Public Information, News and Media Division, New York. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
- ↑ "Biographical note - New Permanent Observer of Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean presents appointment letter". United Nations Department of Public Information, News and Media Division, New York. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
- ↑ "Biographical note - New Permanent Observer of Partners in Population and Development presents appointment letter". United Nations Department of Public Information, News and Media Division, New York. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
- ↑ "Biographical note - New Permanent Observer of University for Peace presents appointment letter". United Nations Department of Public Information, News and Media Division, New York. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
- ↑ "Biographical note - New Head of the International Committee of the Red Cross Delegation presents appointment letter". United Nations Department of Public Information, News and Media Division, New York. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
- ↑ "Biographical note - New Permanent Observer of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies Delegation presents appointment letter". United Nations Department of Public Information, News and Media Division, New York. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
- ↑ "Biographical note - New Permanent Observer of the International Olympic Committee presents appointment letter". United Nations Department of Public Information, News and Media Division, New York. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
- ↑ "Biographical note - New Permanent Observer of Inter-Parliamentary Union presents appointment letter". United Nations Department of Public Information, News and Media Division, New York. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
- ↑ "Biographical note - New Permanent Observer of Sovereign Military Order of Malta presents appointment letter". United Nations Department of Public Information, News and Media Division, New York. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
External links
- United Nations - Official site
- History of the United Nations - UK Government site