Riyad Mansour | |
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| 3rd Palestinian Ambassador to the United Nations | |
| Assumed office 17 September 2005 | |
| President | Mahmoud Abbas |
| Preceded by | Nasser al-Qudwa |
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| Born | 21 May 1947 Ramallah,Mandatory Palestine |
| Alma mater | Youngstown State University University of Akron |
Riyad H. Mansour (born 21 May 1947) is a Palestinian-American diplomat and since 2005 has been the Permanent Observer of Palestine to the United Nations. [1] Previous to Mansour's appointment to Permanent Observer,Mansour served as the Deputy Permanent Observer of Palestine to the United Nations from 1983 to 1994. [1] In 2005,President of the Palestinian National Authority Mahmoud Abbas appointed him to succeed Nasser al-Qudwa as Permanent Observer for Palestine to the UN. [2] Under Mansour,the Permanent Observer Mission of Palestine to the United Nations changed from being an "entity" to being a "non-Member Observer State" on 29 November 2012. [3] [4] [5]
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He has stated that the Gazan genocide is "[...] the most documented genocide in history,". [6]
