The North Atlantic Council (NAC) is the principal political decision-making body of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO),consisting of permanent representatives of its member countries. It was established by Article 9 of the North Atlantic Treaty,and it is the only body in NATO that derives its authority explicitly from the treaty.
Robert Nicholas Burns is an American diplomat and academic who has served as the United States ambassador to China since 2022.
Frank Ivan Joseph Nobilo is a New Zealand former professional golfer.
Andrzej Kazimierz Towpik is a Polish diplomat.
Vitaly Ivanovich Churkin was a Russian diplomat. As a child actor,he starred in three films The Blue Notebook,Nol tri,and A Mother's Heart. Churkin served as Russia's Permanent Representative to the United Nations from 2006 until his death in 2017.
Mihnea Ioan Motoc is a Romanian diplomat who served as Minister of Defence of Romania between November 2015 and January 2017,in the CioloșCabinet. Before this appointment,he was the country's ambassador to the European Union between 2008 and 2015,and briefly the country's ambassador to the United Kingdom. He is currently the Principal Adviser in the European Commission's Inspire,Debate,Engage and Accelerate Action (IDEA) department.
Sven Alkalaj is a Bosnian diplomat who has served as Bosnia and Herzegovina ambassador to the United States since June 2023. He previously served as the Permanent Representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the United Nations from 2019 to 2023. Alkalaj also served as the country's Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2007 until 2012. He held the post of executive secretary of UNECE between 2012 and 2014 as well.
Neven Jurica is a Croatian politician who worked in Croatian diplomacy between 1992 and 2009. Between February 2008 and September 2009 he was the Permanent Representative of Croatia to the United Nations.
The Permanent Representative of Syria to the United Nations is Syria's foremost diplomatic representative at the United Nations and the head of the Permanent Mission of the Syrian Arab Republic in New York City.
Subhas Chandra Mungra is a Surinamese diplomat and former Foreign Minister. He served as Ambassador to the US from 2011 until 2017,and served as Permanent Representative of Suriname on the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States.
Aunese Makoi Simati,is a Tuvaluan diplomat. Simati,was appointed as Tuvalu's Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates (UAE),following Tuvalu opened an embassy to the UAE in Abu Dhabi in April 2022. He was Tuvalu's Permanent Representative to the United Nations from 20 December 2012 to July 2017.
Vladimir Drobnjak is a Croatian diplomat who is the current Permanent Representative of Croatia to the United Nations,since 2013.
Kai Jürgen Mikael Sauer is a Finnish diplomat. He is the Ambassador of the Embassy of Finland to Germany. Prior to this he served four years as the Under Secretary of State for Foreign and Security Policy at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland.
Vanessa Frazier is a Maltese diplomat currently serving as Permanent Representative to the United Nations. Prior to her UN job,she served as ambassador to Brussels,Belgium,Luxembourg and NATO. At the UN,she was elected Chair of the UN Second Committee,the Economic and Financial Committee,for the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in 2021. She is the first woman to lead all women members UN Second Committee,the Economic and Financial Committee and the first woman to hold the position of Malta Permanent Representative to the UN.
Pradeep Kumar Rawat is an Indian diplomat.
Liselotte Ellegaard Kjærsgaard Plesner is a Danish diplomat and civil servant. She is the current Ambassador of Denmark to Saudi Arabia,concurrently serving as ambassador to Kuwait,Bahrain,Oman and Yemen,having previously served as Permanent Representative of Denmark to NATO,from 2018 to 2022,the first woman to hold that position.
