Permanent Representative of Syria to the United Nations

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Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Syria to the United Nations
السفير والممثل الدائم لسوريا لدى الأمم المتحدة
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Incumbent
Qusay al-Dahhak
since 20 December 2023
Style His Excellency
Seat New York, United States [1]
Appointer President of Syria
Inaugural holder Fares al-Khoury
Formation1946
Website Permanent Mission

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. [2]

Contents

List of heads of mission

The Permanent Representatives were the following: [3]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Syrian Ambassador". UN. 2019-04-27.
  3. ↑ "Former Permanent Representatives of the Syrian Arab Republic to the United Nations Headquarters in New York". Archived from the original on 2016-02-13. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
  4. ↑ "New Permanent Representative of Syria Presents Credentials". UN Press Release. Permanent Representative Credentials. 1964-07-14.
  5. ↑ "New Permanent Representative of Syria Presents Credentials". UN Press Release. Permanent Representative Credentials. 1965-10-14.
  6. ↑ "New Permanent Representative of Syria Presents Credentials". UN Press Release. Permanent Representative Credentials. 1972-08-08.
  7. ↑ "New Permanent Representative of Syria Presents Credentials". UN Press Release. Permanent Representative Credentials. 1975-12-11.
  8. ↑ "New Permanent Representative of Syria Presents Credentials". UN Press Release. Permanent Representative Credentials. 1978-06-06.
  9. ↑ "New Permanent Representative of Syria Presents Credentials". UN Press Release. Permanent Representative Credentials. 1981-05-18.
  10. ↑ "New Permanent Representative of Syria Presents Credentials". UN Press Release. Permanent Representative Credentials. 1988-02-25.
  11. ↑ "New Permanent Representative of Syria Presents Credentials". UN Press Release. Permanent Representative Credentials. 1990-07-27.
  12. ↑ "NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF SYRIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS". United Nations. 29 October 1996. Retrieved 2024-02-26.
  13. ↑ "NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF SYRIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS". United Nations. 2003-09-18. Retrieved 2024-02-26.
  14. ↑ "NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF SYRIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS". United Nations. 31 July 2006. Retrieved 2024-02-26.
  15. ↑ "Presidential decrees naming Dr. Mikdad as Foreign and Expatriates Minister, Dr. al-Jaafari as Deputy Foreign and Expatriates Minister". Syrian Arab News Agency. 2020-11-22. Archived from the original on 2020-11-23. Retrieved 2020-11-23. President al-Assad also issued decree no. 324 providing for transferring Ambassador Bassam al-Sabbagh from the Syrian Embassy in Vienna to the Permanent Delegation in New York and accrediting him as Syria's Permanent Representative at the UN in New York.
  16. ↑ "New Permanent Representative of Syria Presents Credentials". United Nations. 23 February 2021. Retrieved 2024-02-26.
  17. ↑ "Al-Dhahhak sworn in as Syria's Permanent Representative to the UN". Syrian Arab News Agency. 20 December 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
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