Ambassadors of the United States are persons nominated by the President to serve as the country's diplomatic representatives to foreign nations,international organizations,and as ambassadors-at-large. Under Article II,Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution,their appointment must be confirmed by the United States Senate;while an ambassador may be appointed during a recess,they can serve only until the end of the next session of Congress,unless subsequently confirmed.
Diplomatic rank is a system of professional and social rank used in the world of diplomacy and international relations. A diplomat's rank determines many ceremonial details,such as the order of precedence at official processions,table seatings at state dinners,the person to whom diplomatic credentials should be presented,and the title by which the diplomat should be addressed.
Maleeha Lodhi is a Pakistani diplomat,political scientist,and a former Pakistan's Representative to the United Nations. She was the first woman to hold the position. Previously,she served as Pakistan's envoy to the Court of St James' and twice as its ambassador to the United States.
Ashraf Jehangir Qazi is a Pakistani diplomat who has held several national and international appointments,including serving with the United Nations.
Ján Kubiš is a Slovak diplomat and former Minister of Foreign Affairs. He was appointed as United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon in 2019 by the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres,and as head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya in January 2021.
Ian Martin is an English human rights activist/advisor and sometime United Nations official. His most recent UN assignment was as the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya. From 2015 to 2018 he was Executive Director of Security Council Report.
Michel Kafando is a Burkinabédiplomat who served as the transitional President of Burkina Faso from 2014 to 2015. He served in the government as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1982 to 1983 and was the Permanent Representative (Ambassador) of Burkina Faso to the United Nations from 1998 to 2011.
Ali Abdussalam Treki was a Libyan diplomat in Muammar Gaddafi's regime. Treki served as one of Libya's top diplomats beginning in the 1970s and ending with the 2011 Libyan Civil War. He was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1976 to 1982 and again from 1984 to 1986,and he was later the Permanent Representative to the United Nations on several occasions. He was the President of the United Nations General Assembly from September 2009 to September 2010.
Staffan de Mistura is an Italian-Swedish diplomat,United Nations official and former member of the Italian government.
Tehmina Janjua(Urdu:تہمینہجنجوعہ) is a retired Pakistani career diplomat who served in BPS-22 grade as the 29th Foreign Secretary of Pakistan. Among her other notable appointments,was her position as Pakistan's Representative to the United Nations in Geneva and as ambassador to Italy,with concurrent accreditation to Albania,San Marino and Slovenia.
Haile Menkerios is an Eritrean diplomat who has served as the Head of the United Nations Office to the African Union (UNOAU) and as Special Representative to the African Union,at the level of Under-Secretary-General from 2013 until 2018. He was appointed to this position by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on 17 May 2013.
The Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations is Pakistan's diplomatic representative to the United Nations (UN). The permanent Representative is the head of Permanent Mission of Pakistan to the United Nations in New York,there is another Pakistan Mission based at the UNO office in Geneva,Switzerland.
Jean Arnault is a French diplomat who currently serves as United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres' Personal Envoy on Afghanistan and Regional Issues.
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1874 was adopted unanimously by the United Nations Security Council on 12 June 2009. The resolution,passed under Chapter VII,Article 41,of the UN Charter,imposes further economic and commercial sanctions on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and encourages UN member states to search North Korean cargo,in the aftermath of an underground nuclear test conducted on 25 May 2009.
Nickolai Evtimov Mladenov is a Bulgarian politician and diplomat who served as Bulgaria's Minister of Defense from 27 July 2009 to 27 January 2010 and as the minister of foreign affairs in the government of then prime minister Boyko Borisov from 2010 to 2013. Prior to that,he was a Member of the European Parliament from 2007 to 2009.
Mohammad Anwar Anwarzai is the Head of United Nations Department at the Afghan Foreign Ministry and the former Afghan ambassador to Pakistan.
Gyorgy Busztin or George Busztin is a career diplomat who was appointed Deputy Special Representative (ASG) of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq by Secretary-General of the United Nations,Ban Ki-Moon. He previously served the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in various capacities throughout Africa,Asia and the Middle East,as ambassador on two occasions. In 2011,he served as the European Union President in Iran. The former ambassador is fluent in six languages in addition to his native Hungarian.
Macharia Kamau is Kenya's Principal Secretary to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He previously served as Kenya's representative to the United Nations and as the former President of the UNICEF Executives Board.
Lana Zaki Nusseibeh is an Emirati diplomat who serves as the United Arab Emirates Permanent Representative to the United Nations since September 2013.
Jan Kickert is the Austrian Permanent Representative to the United Nations. He was born in Thailand,studied at the University of Vienna and the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna,and served in a variety of diplomatic and international positions in his early career.
