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The below is a list of the current Permanent Representatives to the United Nations in New York, together with their country, and when their position was last confirmed.[1] Permanent Representatives are also appointed to the United Nations in Geneva, Vienna and Nairobi; and Permanent Delegates to UNESCO.
| Name |
Country |
Date of presentation of credentials |
| Zahir Tanin |
Afghanistan |
December 19, 2006 |
| Adrian Neritani |
Albania |
April 27, 2006 |
| Mourad Benmehidi |
Algeria |
Chargé d'affaires a.i. |
| Carles Font-Rossell |
Andorra |
September 11, 2007 |
| Ismael Abraão Gaspar Martins |
Angola |
May 23, 2001 |
| Kyle Christian |
Antigua and Barbuda |
May 3, 2004 |
| Jorge Argüello |
Argentina |
June 18, 2007 |
| Armen Martirosian |
Armenia |
June 12, 2003 |
| Robert Hill |
Australia |
May 1, 2006 |
| Gerhard Pfanzelter |
Austria |
September 7, 1999 |
| Agshin Mehdiyev |
Azerbaijan |
November 30, 2006 |
| Paulette Bethel |
Bahamas |
March 4, 2003 |
| Tawfeeq Ahmed Almansoor |
Bahrain |
January 21, 2003 |
| Ismat Jahan |
Bangladesh |
June 18, 2007 |
| Christopher Fitzherbert Hackett |
Barbados |
March 12, 2004 |
| Andrei Dapkiunas |
Belarus |
September 17, 2004 |
| Jan Grauls |
Belgium |
June 5, 2008 |
| Janine Elizabeth Coye-Felson |
Belize |
Chargé d'affaires a.i. |
| Jean-Marie Ehouzou |
Benin |
September 29, 2006 |
| Daw Penjo |
Bhutan |
November 26, 2003 |
| Hugo Siles Alvarado |
Bolivia |
July 13, 2007 |
| Miloš Prica |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
October 18, 2005 |
| Tapiwa Sue Mongwa |
Botswana |
Chargé d'affaires a.i. |
| Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti |
Brazil |
July 25, 2007 |
| A. Karim Wahab |
Brunei Darussalam |
Chargé d'affaires a.i. |
| Rayko Strahilov Raytchev |
Bulgaria |
September 11, 2007 |
| Michel Kafando |
Burkina Faso |
April 15, 1998 |
| Augustin Nsanze |
Burundi |
May 7, 2008 |
| Kosal Sea |
Cambodia |
April 7, 2007 |
| Martin Belinga Eboutou |
Cameroon |
March 13, 1998 |
| John McNee |
Canada |
July 1, 2006 |
| Antonio Pedro Monteiro Lima |
Cape Verde |
August 23, 2007 |
| Fernand Poukré-Kono |
Central African Republic |
January 15, 2003 |
| Mahamat Ali Adoum |
Chad |
February 15, 2005 |
| Heraldo Muñoz |
Chile |
June 18, 2003 |
| Wang Guangya |
People's Republic of China |
August 7, 2003 |
| Claudia Blum |
Colombia |
September 11, 2006 |
| Mohamed Toihiri |
Comoros |
October 1, 2007 |
| Luc Joseph Okio |
Congo |
Chargé d'affaires a.i. |
| Jorge Urbina |
Costa Rica |
October 17, 2006 |
| Ilahiri A. Djédjé |
Côte d’Ivoire |
January 11, 2006 |
| Neven Jurica |
Croatia |
February 19, 2008 |
| Rodrigo Malmierca Díaz |
Cuba |
December 21, 2005 |
| Andreas D. Mavroyiannis |
Cyprus |
August 7, 2003 |
| Martin Palouš |
Czech Republic |
September 11, 2006 |
| Mr. Sin Son Ho |
DPR of Korea |
May 7, 2008 |
| Atoki Ileka |
Dem. Rep. of the Congo |
May 23, 2001 |
| Carsten Staur |
Denmark |
March 16, 2007 |
| Roble Olhaye |
Djibouti |
January 18, 1988 |
| Crispin S. Gregoire |
Dominica |
October 1, 2002 |
| Enriquillo A. del Rosario Ceballos |
Dominican Republic |
Chargé d'affaires a.i. |
| María Fernanda Espinosa |
Ecuador |
March 7, 2008 |
| Maged A. Abdelaziz |
Egypt |
January 26, 2005 |
| Carmen María Gallardo Hernández |
El Salvador |
September 17, 2004 |
| Lino Sima Ekua Avomo |
Equatorial Guinea |
May 21, 2003 |
| Araya Desta |
Eritrea |
December 14, 2005 |
| Tiina Intelmann |
Estonia |
March 30, 2005 |
| Negash Kebret Botora |
Ethiopia |
Chargé d'affaires a.i. |
| Berenado Vunibobo |
Fiji |
May 7, 2008 |
| Kirsti Lintonen |
Finland |
February 15, 2005 |
| Jean-Maurice Ripert |
France |
16 August 2007 |
| Denis Dangue Réwaka |
Gabon |
October 11, 1988 |
| Habib Tamasa Baba Jarra |
Gambia |
Chargé d'affaires a.i. |
| Irakli Alasania |
Georgia |
September 11, 2006 |
| Thomas Matussek |
Germany |
July 31, 2006 |
| Leslie Kojo Christian |
Ghana |
1 June 2007 |
| John Mourikis |
Greece |
June 18, 2007 |
| Angus Friday |
Grenada |
February 7, 2007 |
| Gert Rosenthal |
Guatemala |
May 7, 2008 |
| Alpha Ibrahima Sow |
Guinea |
August 7, 2003 |
| Alfredo Lopes Cabral |
Guinea Bissau |
August 7, 2003 |
| Samuel R. Insanally |
Guyana |
February 18, 1987 |
| Léo Mérorès |
Haiti |
March 30, 2005 |
| Jorge Arturo Reina Idiaquez |
Honduras |
March 7, 2008 |
| Gábor Bródi |
Hungary |
May 13, 2005 |
| Hjálmar W. Hannesson |
Iceland |
September 18, 2003 |
| Vijay Nambiar |
India |
September 16, 2004 |
| R.M. Marty Natalegawa |
Indonesia |
September 11, 2007 |
| Mohammad Khazaee |
Islamic Republic of Iran |
July 25, 2007 |
| Hamid Al Bayati |
Iraq |
April 27, 2006 |
| John Paul Kavanagh |
Ireland |
July 25, 2007 |
| Dan Gillerman |
Israel |
January 15, 2003 |
| Marcello Spatafora |
Italy |
April 4, 2003 |
| Raymond O. Wolfe |
Jamaica |
June 13, 2006 |
| Yukio Takasu |
Japan |
August 28, 2007 |
| Mohammed F. Al-Allaf |
Jordan |
July 25, 2007 |
| Byrganym Aitimova |
Kazakhstan |
March 16, 2007 |
| Zachary D. Muburi-Muita |
Kenya |
September 11, 2006 |
| Abdullah Al-Murad |
Kuwait |
July 31, 2006 |
| Nurbek Jeenbaev |
Kyrgyzstan |
September 16, 2004 |
| Kanika Phommachanh |
Lao People's Dem. Rep. |
June 1, 2007 |
| Solveiga Silkalna |
Latvia |
June 8, 2005 |
| Nawaf Salam |
Lebanon |
July 13, 2007 |
| Lebohang Fine Maema |
Lesotho |
September 8, 2005 |
| Milton Nathaniel Barnes |
Liberia |
September 11, 2006 |
| Giadalla A. Ettalhi |
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya |
April 30, 2007 |
| Christian Wenaweser |
Liechtenstein |
October 1, 2002 |
| Dalius Čekuolis |
Lithuania |
March 2, 2006 |
| Jean-Marc Hoscheit |
Luxembourg |
September 2, 2003 |
| Zina Andrianarivelo-Razafy |
Madagascar |
September 9, 2002 |
| Steve Dick Tennyson Matenje |
Malawi |
November 30, 2006 |
| Hamidon Ali |
Malaysia |
August 2, 2005 |
| Mohamed Latheef |
Maldives |
February 19, 2008 |
| Ahmed Khaleel |
Mali |
June 5, 2008 |
| Saviour F. Borg |
Malta |
August 23, 2007 |
| Rina M. Tareo |
Marshall Islands |
Chargé d'affaires a.i. |
| Abderrahim Ould Hadrami |
Mauritania |
September 11, 2007 |
| Somduth Soborun |
Mauritius |
May 30, 2006 |
| Claude Heller |
Mexico |
9 April 2007 |
| Masao Nakayama |
Federated States of Micronesia |
March 13, 1998 |
| Gilles Noghès |
Monaco |
July 23, 2004 |
| Enkhtsetseg Ochir |
Mongolia |
October 1, 2007 |
| Nebojša Kaluđerović |
Montenegro |
August 11, 2006 |
| El Mostafa Sahel |
Morocco |
March 2, 2006 |
| Filipe Chidumo |
Mozambique |
April 4, 2003 |
| Kyaw Tint Swe |
Myanmar |
April 9, 2001 |
| Kaire Munionganda Mbuende |
Namibia |
11 September 2006 |
| Marlene Moses |
Nauru |
March 30, 2005 |
| Madhu Raman Acharya |
Nepal |
September 8, 2005 |
| Franciscus Antonius Maria Majoor |
Netherlands |
October 5, 2005 |
| Rosemary Banks |
New Zealand |
June 8, 2005 |
| María Rubiales de Chamorro |
Nicaragua |
July 13, 2007 |
| Aboubacar Ibrahim Abani |
Niger |
September 8, 2005 |
| U. Joy Ogwu |
Nigeria |
May 7, 2008 |
| Johan L. Løvald |
Norway |
August 7, 2003 |
| Fuad Al-Hinai |
Oman |
October 9, 1998 |
| Munir Akram |
Pakistan |
May 28, 2002 |
| Stuart Beck |
Palau |
April 13, 2004 |
| Ricardo Alberto Arias |
Panama |
September 17, 2004 |
| Robert Guba Aisi |
Papua New Guinea |
June 25, 2002 |
| Eladio Loizaga |
Paraguay |
July 3, 2001 |
| Jorge Voto-Bernales |
Peru |
October 17, 2006 |
| Hilario G. Davide, Jr. |
Philippines |
March 2, 2007 |
| Andrzej Towpik |
Poland |
December 7, 2004 |
| João Manuel Guerra Salgueiro |
Portugal |
January 26, 2005 |
| Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser |
Qatar |
September 11, 1998 |
| Park In-kook |
South Korea |
June 5, 2008 |
| Alexandru Cujba |
Republic of Moldova |
Chargé d'affaires a.i. |
| Simona Mirela Miculescu |
Romania |
June 5, 2008 |
| Vitaly I. Churkin |
Russian Federation |
May 1, 2006 |
| Joseph Nsengimana |
Rwanda |
June 13, 2006 |
| Delano Frank Bart |
Saint Kitts and Nevis |
November 30, 2006 |
| Julian R. Hunte |
Saint Lucia |
December 7, 2004 |
| Donatus Keith St. Aimee |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
May 7, 2008 |
| Ali'ioaiga Feturi Elisaia |
Samoa |
September 18, 2003 |
| Daniele D. Bodini |
San Marino |
August 9, 2005 |
| Ovidio Manuel Barbosa Pequeno |
Sao Tome and Principe |
April 27, 2006 |
| Abdullatif H. Sallam |
Saudi Arabia |
Chargé d'affaires a.i. |
| Paul Badji |
Senegal |
February 17, 2004 |
| Pavle Jevremović |
Serbia |
September 11, 2006 |
| Ronald Jean Jumeau |
Seychelles |
August 23, 2007 |
| Joe Robert Pemagbi |
Sierra Leone |
March 4, 2003 |
| Vanu Gopala Menon |
Singapore |
September 16, 2004 |
| Peter Burian |
Slovakia |
December 21, 2004 |
| Sanja Štiglic |
Slovenia |
February 7, 2007 |
| Collin D. Beck |
Solomon Islands |
November 26, 2003 |
| Elmi Ahmed Duale |
Somalia |
October 18, 2005 |
| Dumisani Shadrack Kumalo |
South Africa |
April 21, 1999 |
| Juan Antonio Yáñez-Barnuevo |
Spain |
May 21, 1999 |
| A. L. Abdul Azeez |
Sri Lanka |
Chargé d'affaires a.i. |
| Abdalmahmood Abdalhaleem Mohamad |
Sudan |
September 14, 2006 |
| Ewald Wensley Limon |
Suriname |
January 21, 2003 |
| Petunia Lindiwe Mndebele |
Swaziland |
Chargé d'affaires a.i. |
| Anders Lidén |
Sweden |
September 16, 2004 |
| Peter Maurer |
Switzerland |
September 16, 2004 |
| Bashar Ja’afari |
Syrian Arab Republic |
July 31, 2006 |
| Sirodjidin M. Aslov |
Tajikistan |
December 14, 2005 |
| Don Pramudwinai |
Thailand |
May 15, 2007 |
| Slobodan Tašovski |
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia |
March 7, 2008 |
| Nelson Santos |
Timor-Leste |
February 7, 2007 |
| Roland Y. Kpotsra |
Togo |
October 1, 2007 |
| Fekitamoeloa 'Utoikamanu |
Tonga |
February 15, 2005 |
| Marina Annette Valere |
Trinidad and Tobago |
May 5, 2008 |
| Jalel Snoussi |
Tunisia |
Chargé d'affaires a.i. |
| Baki İlkin |
Turkey |
December 7, 2004 |
| Aksoltan Ataýewa |
Turkmenistan |
February 23, 1995 |
| Afelee F. Pita |
Tuvalu |
December 19, 2006 |
| Francis K. Butagira |
Uganda |
July 18, 2003 |
| Yuriy Sergeyev |
Ukraine |
May 15, 2007 |
| Ahmed Abdulrahman Al-Jarman |
United Arab Emirates |
August 23, 2007 |
| Sir John Sawers KCMG |
United Kingdom |
August 28, 2007 |
| Augustine P. Mahiga |
United Republic of Tanzania |
September 18, 2003 |
| Zalmay Khalilzad |
United States |
March 29, 2007 |
| Gustavo Álvarez |
Uruguay |
Chargé d'affaires a.i. |
| Alisher Vohidov |
Uzbekistan |
August 4, 1997 |
| Donald Kalpokas |
Vanuatu |
November 6, 2007 |
| Aura Mahuampi Rodríguez de Ortiz |
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela |
Chargé d'affaires a.i. |
| Le Luong Minh |
Vietnam |
February 17, 2004 |
| Abdullah M. Alsaidi |
Yemen |
July 22, 2002 |
| Lazarous Kapambwe |
Zambia |
June 18, 2007 |
| Boniface G. Chidyausiku |
Zimbabwe |
January 15, 2003 |
| Archbishop Celestino Migliore |
Holy See* |
January 24, 2003 |
| Riyad H. Mansour |
Palestine* |
September 17, 2005 |
*non-member observer state
[edit] References
- ^ The United Nations list of current heads of missions. (PDF)
[edit] External links
