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. 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 specialized agencies of the UN, such as FAO Headquarters in Rome, Italy and UNESCO Headquarters at Paris, France.
United Nations member states
# | Country | Name | Date of presentation of credentials | Former permanent representatives |
1. | Adela Raz | 08 03 2019 | ||
2. | Besiana Kadare | 30 06 2016 | Permanent Representative of Albania to the United Nations | |
3. | Sofiane Mimouni | 15 10 2019 | ||
4. | Elisenda Vives Balmaña | 03 11 2015 | ||
5. | Maria de Jesus dos Reis Ferreira | 21 05 2018 | ||
6. | Walton Alfonso Webson | 17 12 2014 | ||
7. | Martín García Moritán | 16 02 2016 | ||
8. | Mher Margaryan | 31 08 2018 | ||
9. | Mitch Fifield | 22 10 2019 | Permanent Representative of Australia to the United Nations | |
10. | Alexander Marschik | 06 07 2020 | ||
11. | Yashar T. Aliyev | 10 06 2014 | ||
12. | Sheila Carey | 13 09 2017 | ||
13. | Jamal Fares Alrowaiei | 14 09 2011 | ||
14. | Rabab Fatima | 06 12 2019 | ||
15. | Henrietta Elizabeth Thompson | 30 08 2018 | Permanent Representative of Barbados to the United Nations | |
16. | Valentin Rybakov | 15 09 2017 | ||
17. | Marc Pecsteen de Buytswerve | 22 08 2016 | List of Belgian Permanent Representatives to the United Nations | |
18. | Lois Michele Young | 19 09 2012 | ||
19. | Jean-Claude Félix do REGO | 16 09 2016 | ||
20. | Doma Tshering | 13 09 2017 | ||
21. | Rubén Darío Cuéllar Suárez | 06 01 2020 | ||
22. | Sven Alkalaj | 05 07 2019 | ||
23. | Collen Vixen Kelapile | 26 10 2018 | ||
24. | Ronaldo Costa Filho | 06 02 2020 | ||
25. | Hajah Noor Qamar binti Haji Sulaiman | 18 02 2019 | ||
26. | Georgi Velikov Panayotov | 09 09 2016 | ||
27. | Yemdaogo Eric Tiare | 21 12 2015 | ||
28. | Albert Shingiro | 04 09 2014 | ||
29. | José Luis Fialho Rocha | 05 12 2016 | ||
30. | Sovann Ke | 13 08 2018 | ||
31. | Michel Tommo Monthé | 08 09 2008 | ||
32. | Marc-André Blanchard | 12 04 2016 | Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations | |
33. | Ambroisine Kpongo | 19 09 2014 | ||
34. | Ali Alefei Moustapha | 09 01 2017 | ||
35. | Milenko Skoknic Tapia | 21 05 2018 | Permanent Representative of Chile to the United Nations | |
36. | Zhang Jun | 30 07 2019 | Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations | |
37. | Guillermo Fernández de Soto Valderrama | 26 10 2018 | Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations | |
38. | Mohamed Soilihi Soilih | 05 11 2014 | ||
39. | Raymond-Serge Balé | 11 11 2008 | ||
40. | Rodrigo Alberto Carazo Zeledón | 31 08 2018 | ||
41. | Kacou Houadja Léon | 12 07 2018 | ||
42. | Ivan Šimonović | 16 09 2019 | Permanent Representative of Croatia to the United Nations | |
43. | Anayansi Rodríguez Camejo | 23 01 2017 | ||
44. | Andreas D. Mavroyiannis | 23 07 2019 | ||
45. | Marie Chatardová | 02 08 2016 | ||
46. | Kim Song | 20 09 2018 | ||
47. | Ignace Gata Mavita wa Lufuta | 05 09 2012 | ||
48. | Martin Bille Hermann | 14 01 2019 | ||
49. | Mohamed Siad Doualeh | 24 11 2015 | ||
50. | Loreen Ruth Bannis-Roberts | 22 08 2016 | ||
51. | Francisco Antonio Cortorreal | 16 04 2014 | ||
52. | Luis Gallegos | 20 11 2018 | ||
53. | Mohamed Fathi Ahmed Edrees | 28 02 2018 | ||
54. | Egriselda Aracely González López | 21 08 2019 | ||
55. | Anatolio Ndong Mba | 07 01 2010 | ||
56. | Sophia Tesfamariam Yohannes | 05 09 2019 | ||
57. | Sven Jürgenson | 13 08 2015 | ||
58. | Melusi Martin Masuku | 05 07 2017 | ||
59. | Taye Atske Sellassie Made | 10 09 2018 | ||
60. | Satyendra Prasad | 21 05 2018 | ||
61. | Jukka Salovaara | 04 06 2019 | Permanent Representative of Finland to the United Nations | |
62. | Nicolas de Rivière | 08 07 2019 | Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations | |
63. | Michel Xavier Biang | 18 08 2017 | ||
64. | Lang Yabou | 18 10 2018 | ||
65. | Kaha Imnadze | 23 07 2013 | ||
66. | Christoph Heusgen | 26 07 2017 | Permanent Representative of Germany to the United Nations | |
67. | Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee | 31 07 2015 | ||
68. | Maria Theofili | 13 09 2017 | ||
69. | Keisha A. McGuire | 12 04 2016 | Grenadian Permanent Representative to the United Nations | |
70. | Luis Antonio Lam Padilla | 05 09 2019 | ||
71. | Fatoumata Kaba | 05 07 2018 | ||
72. | Fernando Delfim Da Silva | 12 09 2017 | ||
73. | Rudolp Michael Ten-Pow | 22 08 2016 | Permanent Representative of Guyana to the United Nations | |
74. | Jean Baptiste Reynold Leroy | chargé d'affaires ad interim | ||
75. | Mary Elizabeth Flores | 29 04 2010 | Permanent Representative of Honduras to the United Nations | |
76. | Katalin Annamária Bogyay | 20 01 2015 | ||
77. | Jörundur Valtýsson | 05 09 2019 | ||
78. | T. S. Tirumurti | 19 05 2020 | Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations | |
79. | Dian Triansyah Djani | 12 04 2016 | Permanent Representative of Indonesia to the United Nations | |
80. | Majid Takht-Ravanchi | 23 04 2019 | Permanent Representative of Iran to the United Nations | |
81. | Mohamed Ali Alhakim | 12 09 2017 | Permanent Representative of Iraq to the United Nations | |
82. | Geraldine Byrne Nason | 18 08 2017 | ||
83. | Danny Danon | 14 08 2015 | Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations | |
84. | Maria Angela Zappia | 13 08 2018 | Permanent Representative of Italy to the United Nations | |
85. | Courtenay Rattray | 25 06 2013 | ||
86. | Ishikane Kimihiro | 19 11 2019 | ||
87. | Sima Sami Bahous | 22 08 2016 | ||
88. | Kairat Umarov | 09 01 2017 | ||
89. | Lazarus Ombai Amayo | 21 05 2018 | ||
90. | Teburoro Tito | 13 09 2017 | ||
91. | Mansour Ayyad Al-Otaibi | 04 03 2010 | ||
92. | Mirgul Moldoisaeva | 12 04 2016 | ||
93. | Anouparb Vongnorkeo | 28 01 2020 | ||
94. | Andrejs Pildegovičs | 05 09 2018 | ||
95. | Amal Mudallali | 15 01 2018 | ||
96. | Nkopane Raseen Monyane | 18 02 2019 | ||
97. | Dee-Maxwell Saah Kemayah | 20 09 2018 | Permanent Representative of Liberia to the United Nations | |
98. | Taher M. El-Sonni | 06 01 2020 | ||
99. | Christian Wenaweser | 01 10 2002 | ||
100. | Audra Plepytė | 18 08 2017 | Permanent Representative of Lithuania to the United Nations | |
101. | Christian Braun | 09 09 2016 | Permanent Representative of Luxembourg to the United Nations | |
102. | Lalaina Josie Brigitte Raharimboahangy | chargé d'affaires ad interim | ||
103. | Perks Master Clemency Ligoya | 24 08 2018 | ||
104. | Syed Mohamad Hasrin Aidid | 05 07 2019 | ||
105. | Thilmeeza Hussain | 21 05 2019 | ||
106. | Issa Konfourou | 09 09 2016 | ||
107. | Vanessa Frazier | 06 01 2020 | ||
108. | Amatlain Elizabeth Kabua | 05 07 2016 | ||
109. | Sidi Mohamed Taleb Amar | 18 02 2019 | ||
110. | Jagdish Koonjul | 24 11 2015 | ||
111. | Juan Ramón de la Fuente Ramírez | 18 02 2019 | ||
112. | Jane J. Chigiyal | 02 12 2011 | ||
113. | Isabelle F. Picco | 11 09 2009 | ||
114. | Vorshilov Enkhbold | 20 02 2020 | ||
115. | Milica Pejanović Đurišić | 21 05 2018 | ||
116. | Omar Hilale | 23 04 2014 | Permanent Representative of Morocco to the United Nations | |
117. | António Gumende | 20 10 2011 | ||
118. | Hau Do Suan | 05 07 2016 | ||
119. | Neville Melvin Gertze | 09 01 2017 | ||
120. | Marlene Moses | 30 03 2005 | ||
121. | Amrit Bahadur Rai | 08 03 2019 | ||
122. | Karel van Oosterom | 05 08 2013 | ||
123. | Craig John Hawke | 18 08 2017 | List of Permanent Representatives of New Zealand to the United Nations | |
124. | Jaime Hermida Castillo | 18 10 2018 | ||
125. | Abdou Abarry | 04 06 2019 | ||
126. | Tijjani Muhammad Bande | 03 05 2017 | ||
127. | ![]() | Dushko Uzunovski | chargé d'affaires ad interim | |
128. | Mona Juul | 14 01 2019 | ||
129. | Mohamed Al Hassan | 21 08 2019 | ||
130. | Munir Akram | 5 11 2019 | Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations | |
131. | Ngedikes Olai Uludong | 21 03 2017 | ||
132. | Melitón Alejandro Arrocha Ruiz | 28 02 2018 | Permanent Representative of Panama to the United Nations | |
133. | Max Hufanen Rai | 09 06 2016 | ||
134. | Julio César Arriola Ramirez | 21 03 2017 | ||
135. | Néstor Popolizio | 06 12 2019 | ||
136. | Kira Christianne Danganan Azucena | chargé d'affaires ad interim | Permanent Representative of the Philippines to the United Nations | |
137. | Joanna Wronecka | 19 12 2017 | ||
138. | Francisco António Duarte Lopes | 13 09 2017 | ||
139. | Alya bint Ahmed Al Thani | 24 10 2013 | ||
140. | Cho Hyun | 22 10 2019 | ||
141. | Victor Moraru | 05 07 2017 | Permanent Representative of Moldova to the United Nations | |
142. | Ion Jinga | 13 08 2015 | ||
143. | Vasily Nebenzya | 28 07 2017 | Permanent Representative of Russia to the United Nations | |
144. | Valentine Rugwabiza | 11 11 2016 | ||
145. | Sam Terrance Condor | 27 10 2015 | ||
146. | Cosmos Richardson | 22 02 2017 | ||
147. | Inga Rhonda King | 13 09 2013 | ||
148. | Ali'ioaiga Feturi Elisaia | 18 09 2003 | ||
149. | Damiano Beleffi | 22 08 2016 | ||
150. | Alcinio Cravid e Silva | chargé d'affaires ad interim | ||
151. | Abdallah Yahya A. Al-Mouallimi | 23 06 2011 | ||
152. | Cheikh Niang | 12 07 2018 | ||
153. | Milan Milanović | 19 08 2013 | ||
154. | Ronald Jumeau | 03 05 2017 | ||
155. | Alie Kabba | 05 09 2019 | ||
156. | Burhanudeen Gafoor | 22 08 2016 | ||
157. | Michal Mlynár | 18 08 2017 | ||
158. | Darja Bavdaž Kuret | 18 08 2017 | ||
159. | Robert Sisilo | 23 01 2017 | ||
160. | Abukar Dahir Osman | 26 07 2017 | ||
161. | Jeremiah Nyamane Kingsley Mamabolo | 13 03 2013 | ||
162. | Akuei Bona Malwal | 05 07 2016 | ||
163. | Agustín Santos Maraver | 05 09 2018 | ||
164. | Kshenuka Dhireni Senewiratne | 21 08 2019 | Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations | |
165. | Omer Mohamed Ahmed Siddig | 19 06 2019 | ||
166. | Kitty Monique Sweeb | 19 06 2019 | ||
167. | Anna Karin Eneström | 06 01 2020 | Permanent Representative of Sweden to the United Nations | |
168. | Pascale Christine Baeriswyl | 26 05 2020 | ||
169. | Bashar Jaafari | 31 07 2006 | Permanent Representative of Syria to the United Nations | |
170. | Mahmadamin Mahmadaminov | 25 02 2014 | ||
171. | Vitavas Srivihok | 21 05 2018 | ||
172. | Milena Pires | 12 04 2016 | ||
173. | Kokou Kpayedo | 30 06 2016 | ||
174. | Viliami Va'inga Tōnē | 05 07 2018 | ||
175. | Pennelope Althea Beckles | 22 08 2016 | ||
176. | Kais Kabtani | 06 04 2020 | ||
177. | Feridun Sinirlioğlu | 21 10 2016 | ||
178. | Aksoltan Toreevna Ataeva | 23 02 1995 | ||
179. | Samuelu Laloniu | 26 07 2017 | ||
180. | Adonia Ayebare | 03 05 2017 | ||
181. | Sergiy Kyslytsya | 20 02 2020 | Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations | |
182. | Lana Zaki Nusseibeh | 18 09 2013 | ||
183. | Karen Pierce | 23 03 2018 | Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations | |
184. | Kennedy Godfrey Gastorn | 13 03 2020 | Permanent Representative of Tanzania to the United Nations | |
185. | Kelly Craft | 12 09 2019 | United States Ambassador to the United Nations | |
186. | Carlos Daniel Amorín Tenconi | 15 10 2019 | ||
187. | Bakhtiyor Ibragimov | 23 05 2017 | ||
188. | Odo Tevi | 13 08 2014 | ||
189. | Samuel Moncada Acosta | 19 12 2017 | ||
190. | Dang Dinh Quy | 12 07 2018 | ||
191. | Abdullah Ali Fadhel Al-Saadi | 20 12 2018 | ||
192. | Ngosa Simbyakula | 28 01 2020 | ||
193. | Frederick Musiiwa Makamure Shava | 19 09 2014 |
United Nations General Assembly observers
Non-member observer states
State | Name | Date of presentation of credentials | Former Permanent Observers |
Gabriele Giordano Caccia | 28 01 2020 | Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations | |
Palestine | Riyad Mansour | 12 09 2005 | 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."Entity | Name | Date of presentation of credentials |
![]() | Robert Mardini | 05 09 2018 |
![]() | Richard Blewitt | 13 08 2018 |
Mario Pescante | 15 03 2010 | |
Inter-Parliamentary Union | Paddy Torsney | 16 04 2014 |
Paul Beresford-Hill | 01 08 2019 |