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 and politician who has held several national and international appointments,including serving with the United Nations.
Ján Kubiš is a Slovak diplomat who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Slovakia from July 2006 until January 2009.
Ahmed Kamal was a Pakistani diplomat,most noted for his work at the United Nations. He served as a professional diplomat in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan for close to forty years until his retirement in 1999.
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 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 from the 1970s till the 2011 Libyan Civil War. He was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1976 to 1982 and again from 1984 to 1986,and 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.
James Francis Dobbins Jr. was an American diplomat who served as United States ambassador to the European Union (1991–1993),assistant secretary of state for European affairs (2001),and special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan. He was a member of the American Academy of Diplomacy. Additionally,Dobbins served as envoy to Kosovo,Bosnia,Haiti,and Somalia. In 2001,he led negotiations leading to the Bonn Agreement,and served as acting ambassador of the United States to Afghanistan during the transitional period. He was later head of international and security policy for the RAND Corporation.
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.
Nikolay Evtimov Mladenov is a Bulgarian politician and diplomat exposed in the Pandora Papers scandal,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 a former Afghan ambassador to Pakistan.
Dilip Sinha is an Indian diplomat and former public administrator. He served in the Indian Foreign Service from 1978 to 2014 and as chairman of the Manipur Public Service Commission,India,from 2015 to 2016. Ambassador Sinha is a public speaker on international security,Afghanistan-Pakistan-Iran and environmental diplomacy. He is the author of Legitimacy of Power:The Permanence of Five in the Security Council. The book traces the origins of international security cooperation and scrutinizes the moorings of the UN Security Council's powers in international law.
Enrique Austria Manalo is a Filipino diplomat currently serving as the Secretary of Foreign Affairs under the Marcos Jr. administration since June 30,2022. He previously served in an acting role under the Duterte administration from March 9 to May 17,2017,when Perfecto Yasay Jr.'s ad-interim appointment confirmation was rejected by the Commission on Appointments due to citizenship issues. He also previously served as Philippine Ambassador to the United Kingdom from 2011 to 2016,Undersecretary for Policy of the Department of Foreign Affairs from 2016 to 2020,and the 21st Permanent Representative of the Philippines to the United Nations from 2020 to 2022.
Lana Zaki Nusseibeh is an Emirati diplomat who serves as Assistant Minister for Political Affairs and Envoy of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates. She previously served as the United Arab Emirates Permanent Representative to the United Nations from September 2013 to April 2024.
Jan Kickert is an Austrian diplomat,currently serving as Austrian Ambassador in Rome.
