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List of current permanent representatives to the United Nations

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This is a list of the current permanent representatives to the United Nations at United Nations Headquarters, New York City. The list includes the country that they represent and the date that they presented their credentials to the UN Secretary-General. The list is sorted by the official order in which the flags are flown in front of UN buildings. This is also the seating arrangement in the General Assembly. Permanent representatives are also appointed to the United Nations Offices in Geneva, Vienna, and Nairobi; and permanent delegates to specialized agencies of the UN, such as FAO Headquarters in Rome, Italy and UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France.

United Nations member states

#CountryNameDate of presentation of credentials (as of 17 December 2025)Former permanent representatives
1.AfghanistanChargé d'affaires ad interim}}--
2.AlbaniaPermanent Representative of Albania to the United Nations
3.AlgeriaSabri Boukadoum ( - ?), Sofiane Mimouni (15 October 2019 – ?)
4.AndorraAndorran permanent representative to the United Nations in New York City
5.AngolaFrancisco José da Cruz31 May 2023
6.Antigua and Barbuda
7.ArgentinaPermanent Representative of Argentina to the United Nations
8.ArmeniaParuyr Hovhannisyan2 May 2025Permanent Representative of Armenia to the United Nations
9.AustraliaPermanent Representative of Australia to the United Nations
10.AustriaGregor Kössler4 February 2025Permanent Representative of Austria to the United Nations
11.AzerbaijanTofig Musayev4 February 2025
12.Bahamas
13.Bahrain
14.BangladeshSalahuddin Noman ChowdhuryPermanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations
15.BarbadosPermanent Representative of Barbados to the United Nations
16.BelarusPermanent Representative of Belarus to the United Nations
17.BelgiumList of permanent representatives of Belgium to the United Nations
18.BelizeJanine Elizabeth Coye-Felson8 September 2025
19.Benin
20.Bhutan
21.BoliviaDiego Pacheco BalanzaChargé d'affaires ad interim
22.Bosnia and HerzegovinaPermanent Representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the United Nations
23.BotswanaCharles Masole5 June 2025
24.Brazil
25.BruneiPengiran Hairani Pengiran Haji Tajuddin21 May 2025List of permanent representatives of Brunei to the United Nations
26.BulgariaGergana Karadjova3 December 2025:Category:Permanent representatives of Bulgaria to the United Nations
27.Burkina Faso
28.Burundi
29.Cabo VerdeJosé Luis Fialho Rocha ( – ?) Júlio César Freire de Morais (18 November 2021 – ?)
30.CambodiaChhea Keo5 December 2024
31.Cameroon
32.CanadaPermanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations
33.Central African Republic
34.Chad
35.ChileMilenko E. Skoknic Tapia ( – ?)
36.China{{sortnameFuCongFu}}
37.ColombiaPermanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations
38.Comoros
39.Congo
40.Costa RicaRodrigo Alberto Carazo ( –)
41.Côte d'Ivoire
42.CroatiaHrvoje Ćurić HrvatinićChargé d'affaires ad interimPermanent Representative of Croatia to the United Nations
43.Cuba
44.Cyprus
45.Czech RepublicJakub KulhánekMarie Chatardová ( – ?)
46.Democratic People's Republic of KoreaPermanent Mission of North Korea to the United Nations
47.Democratic Republic of the CongoPermanent Representative of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the United Nations
48.DenmarkChristina Markus Lassen
49.DjiboutiMohamed Siad Doualeh
50.DominicaPhilbert Aaron
51.Dominican RepublicWellington Darío Bencosme Castaños24 March 2025José Alfonso Blanco Conde
52.EcuadorAndrés Efren Montalvo Sosa5 December 2024José Javier De la Gasca Lopez Domínguez
53.EgyptIhab Moustafa Awad Moustafa17 December 2025Osama Mahmoud Abdel Khalek Mahmoud
54.El SalvadorEgriselda López
55.Equatorial GuineaAnatolio Ndong Mba
56.EritreaSophia Tesfamariam
57.EstoniaRein Tammsaar
58.EswatiniThamie Dlamini
59.EthiopiaTesfaye Yilma Sabo
60.FijiFilipo Tarakinikini
61.FinlandOuti Elina KalkkuJukka Salovaara ( – ?)
62.FranceJérôme BonnafontPermanent Representative of France to the United Nations
63.GabonGhislain Ondias Okouma
64.GambiaLamin B. Dibba
65.GeorgiaDavid Bakradze
66.GermanyRicklef Johannes Beutin25 August 2025Permanent Representative of Germany to the United Nations
67.GhanaHarold Adlai Agyeman
68.GreeceAglaia Balta25 August 2025Permanent Representative of Greece to the United Nations
69.GrenadaIngrid Jackson11 July 2025Grenadian Permanent Representative to the United Nations
70.GuatemalaJosé Alberto Bríz Gutiérrez6 November 2024Carla María Rodríguez Mancia
71.GuineaMohamed Dabo28 March 2025
72.Guinea-BissauSamba Sane
73.GuyanaCarolyn Rodrigues-BirkettPermanent Representative of Guyana to the United Nations
74.HaitiPierre Ericq Pierre7 March 2025
75.HondurasCarlos Roberto Aguilar Pineda8 November 2022Permanent Representative of Honduras to the United Nations
76.HungaryZsuzsanna Horváth
77.IcelandAnna Jóhannesdóttir
78.IndiaParvathaneni HarishPermanent Representative of India to the United Nations
79.IndonesiaUmar Hadi19 September 2025Permanent Representative of Indonesia to the United Nations
80.IranAmir-Saeid IravaniPermanent Representative of Iran to the United Nations
81.IraqLukman Abdulraheem Al-Faily24 July 2025Permanent Representative of Iraq to the United Nations
82.IrelandFergal Tomas Mythen
83.IsraelDanny DanonPermanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations
84.ItalyMaurizio MassariPermanent Representative of Italy to the United Nations
85.JamaicaBrian Christopher Manley WallacePermanent Representative of Jamaica to the United Nations
86.Japan
87.JordanWalid Obeidat25 August 2025Permanent Representative of Jordan to the United Nations
88.KazakhstanKairat UmarovPermanent Representative of Kazakhstan to the United Nations
89.KenyaErastus Ekitela Lokaale
90.KiribatiTeburoro Tito
91.KuwaitTareq Albanai
92.KyrgyzstanAida KasymalievaMirgul Moldoisaeva ( – ?)
93.LaosThongphane Savanphet11 July 2025Anouparb Vongnorkeo
94.LatviaSanita Pavluta-Deslandes
95.LebanonAhmad Arafa25 August 2025Hadi Hachem
96.LesothoMatete Nena
97.LiberiaLewis Garseedah Brown II28 March 2025Permanent Representative of Liberia to the United Nations
98.LibyaTaher M. El-Sonni
99.LiechtensteinChristian Wenaweser
100.LithuaniaRytis PaulauskasPermanent Representative of Lithuania to the United Nations
101.LuxembourgOlivier MaesPermanent Representative of Luxembourg to the United Nations
102.MadagascarAs of December 2025, no representative (2025 Malagasy coup d'état)
103.MalawiAgnes Mary Chimbiri-Molande
104.MalaysiaAhmad Faisal Muhamad
105.MaldivesAli Naseer MohamedPermanent Representative of the Maldives to the United Nations
106.MaliIssa Konfourou
107.MaltaNatasha Meli Daudey8 September 2025:Category:Permanent representatives of Malta to the United Nations
108.Marshall IslandsJohn Silk
109.MauritaniaSidi Mohamed Laghdaf
110.MauritiusMilan Jaya Nyamrajsingh Meetarbhan25 February 2025:Category:Permanent representatives of Mauritius to the United Nations
111.MexicoHéctor VasconcelosPermanent Mission of Mexico to the United Nations
112.Federated States of MicronesiaJeem Lippwe
113.MoldovaGheorghe LeucăPermanent Representative of Moldova to the United Nations
114.MonacoIsabelle F. Picco
115.MongoliaAnkhbayar Nyamdorj
116.MontenegroDragana Radulović22 April 2025Damir Sabanovic
117.MoroccoOmar HilalePermanent Representative of Morocco to the United Nations
118.MozambiqueDomingos Estêvão Fernandes24 March 2025Pedro Comissário Afonso
119.MyanmarKyaw Moe Tun:Category:Permanent representatives of Myanmar to the United Nations
120.NamibiaPendapala Andreas Naanda8 September 2025Neville Melvin Gertze
121.NauruLara Erab Daniel
122.NepalLok Bahadur Thapa
123.NetherlandsLise Gregoire-van Haaren
124.New ZealandCarolyn SchwalgerList of permanent representatives of New Zealand to the United Nations
125.NicaraguaJaime Hermida Castillo
126.NigerSamadou OusmanChargé d'affaires ad interim
127.NigeriaSyndoph Paebi EndoniChargé d'affaires ad interimNigeria and the United Nations#List of permanent representatives
128.North MacedoniaKristina Kozovska GavrilovaChargé d'affaires ad interim:Category:Permanent representatives of North Macedonia to the United Nations
129.NorwayMerete Fjeld Brattested
130.OmanOmar Said Al Kathiri5 December 2024Mohamed Al Hassan
131.PakistanAsim Iftikhar Ahmad2 April 2025Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations
132.PalauIlana Victorya Seid
133.PanamaEloy Alfaro de AlbaPermanent Representative of Panama to the United Nations
134.Papua New GuineaFred Sarufa
135.ParaguayMarcelo Eliseo Scappini Ricciardi
136.PeruGustavo Lino Adrianzén Olaya11 July 2025Enrique Armando Román Morey
137.PhilippinesEnrique ManaloPermanent Representative of the Philippines to the United Nations
138.PolandKrzysztof SzczerskiList of ambassadors of Poland to the United Nations
139.PortugalRui Manuel Vinhas Tavares Gabriel
140.QatarSheikha Alya Ahmed Saif Al-Thani
141.Republic of KoreaJihoon Cha19 September 2025
142.RomaniaCornel FeruțăPermanent Representative of Romania to the United Nations
143.RussiaVassily A. NebenziaPermanent Representative of Russia to the United Nations
144.RwandaMartin K. Ngoga22 May 2025Ernest Rwamucyo
145.Saint Kitts and NevisMutryce Williams
146.Saint LuciaMenissa Rambally:Category:Permanent representatives of Saint Lucia to the United Nations
147.Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesInga Rhonda King
148.SamoaFatumanava-o-Upolu III Pa'olelei Luteru
149.San MarinoDamiano Beleffi
150.São Tomé and PríncipeDjazalde Pires dos Santos AguiarChargé d'affaires ad interimAlcínio Cravid e Silva
151.Saudi ArabiaAbdulaziz Alwasil
152.SenegalColy Seck13 January 2025Cheikh Niang
153.SerbiaRadomir IlićChargé d'affaires ad interimNemanja Stevanović
154.SeychellesVivianne Simone Fock Tav3 December 2025
155.Sierra LeoneMichael Imran Kanu
156.SingaporeBurhan Gafoor
157.SlovakiaPeter Hulényi
158.SloveniaSamuel Žbogar
159.Solomon IslandsJane Mugafalu Kabui WaetaraRobert Sisilo ( – ?)
160.SomaliaAbukar Dahir Osman
161.South AfricaMathu Theda JoyiniPermanent Representative of South Africa to the United Nations
162.South SudanCecilia Adout Majok AdengPermanent Representative of South Sudan to the United Nations
163.SpainHéctor José Gómez HernándezPermanent Representative of Spain to the United Nations
164.Sri LankaJayantha Chandrasiri Jayasuriya5 June 2025Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations
165.SudanAl-Harith Idriss Al-Harith MohamedPermanent Representative of Sudan the United Nations
166.SurinameSunil Algram Sitaldin
167.SwedenNicola Jane Forbes Clase7 October 2024Permanent Representative of Sweden to the United Nations
168.SwitzerlandPascale Baeriswyl
169.SyriaIbrahim OlabiPermanent Representative of Syria to the United Nations
170.TajikistanJonibek Ismoil Hikmat
171.TanzaniaSuleiman Haji SuleimanChargé d'affaires ad interimPermanent Representative of Tanzania to the United Nations
172.ThailandCherdchai Chaivaivid
173.Timor-LesteDinoisio Da Costa Babo Soares
174.TogoKoffi AkakpoChargé d'affaires ad interim}}--
175.TongaViliami Va'inga Tōnē
176.Trinidad and TobagoNeil Nadesh Parsan25 August 2025Ordell Cedric Barman
177.TunisiaNabil Ammar:Category:Permanent representatives of Tunisia to the United Nations
178.TurkeyAhmet YıldızPermanent Representative of Turkey to the United Nations
179.TurkmenistanAksoltan Ataýewa
180.TuvaluTapugao FalefouPermanent Representative of Tuvalu to the United Nations
181.UgandaAdonia Ayebare
182.UkraineAndrii Melnyk29 May 2025Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations
183.United Arab EmiratesMohamed Issa Abushahab
184.United KingdomJames KariukiChargé d'affaires ad interimPermanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations
185.United States of AmericaMike Waltz21 September 2025United States Ambassador to the United Nations
186.UruguayLaura Dupuy Lasserre1 August 2025Permanent Representative of Uruguay to the United Nations
187.UzbekistanUlugbek Lapasov22 August 2023Bakhtiyor Ibragimov
188.VanuatuOdo Tevi
189.VenezuelaSamuel R. Moncada Acosta
190.VietnamDo Hung Viet(20 June 2025( – ?) Đặng Hoàng Giang
191.YemenAbdullah Ali Fadhel Al-Saadi
192.ZambiaChola MilamboPermanent Representative of Zambia to the United Nations
193.ZimbabweTaonga Mushayavanhu7 June 2024Albert Ranganai Chimbindi

United Nations General Assembly observers

Main article: United Nations General Assembly observers

Non-member observer states

(as of 17 December 2025)

StateNameDate of presentation
of credentialsFormer Permanent Observers
Holy SeeGabriele Giordano CacciaPermanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations
PalestineRiyad H. MansourPalestinian Ambassador to the United Nations

Intergovernmental organizations

EntityNameDate of presentation
of credentials
African UnionFatima Kyari Mohammed
Asian–African Legal Consultative OrganizationRoy S. Lee
Caribbean CommunityMissouri Sherman-Peter
Central American Integration SystemCarlos Campos
Commonwealth of NationsPatricia Scotland
Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the GulfAbdulaziz Abdulrahman Alammar
Economic Community of Central African StatesJeanne d'Arc Byaje
Economic Community of Western African StatesTanou Koné
European Public Law OrganizationBarbara Faedda
European UnionStavros Lambrinidis
Gulf Cooperation CouncilMohammed Alnowaiser
Intergovernmental Authority on DevelopmentCherinet Hariffo7 March, 2025
International Anti-Corruption AcademyLarry D. Johnson
International Chamber of CommerceAndrew Wilson
International Criminal Police OrganizationOdd Reidar Humlegård
International Development Law OrganizationPatrizio M. Civili
International Institute for Democracy and Electoral AssistanceMassimo Tommasoli
International Organization for MigrationAshraf Elnour Mustafa Mohamed Nour
International Organisation of La FrancophonieIfigeneia Kontoleontos
International Renewable Energy AgencyAlain Wilfired Biya
International Seabed AuthorityMichael W. Lodge
International Union for Conservation of NatureDavid Chadwick O'Connor
International Youth Organization for Ibero-AmericaDaniel del Valle Blanco2000s
Latin American, Caribbean Indigenous Peoples FundOscar Horacio Aguilar Colindres
League of Arab StatesMaged Abdelfattah Abdelaziz
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and DevelopmentRobin Ogilvy
Organization of American StatesGonzalo Koncke
Organisation of Islamic CooperationAgshin Mehdiyev
Parliamentary Assembly of the MediterraneanQazi Shaukat Fareed
Partners in Population and DevelopmentMohammad Nurul Alam
South CentreManuel F. Montes
University for PeaceNarinder Kakar

Other entities

Listed below are representatives from organizations, not sovereign states, described by the United Nations as "Other entities having received a standing invitation to participate as observers in the sessions and the work of the General Assembly and maintaining permanent offices at Headquarters." (as of 28 July 2019)

EntityNameDate of presentation
of credentials
International Committee of the Red CrossRobert Mardini
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent SocietiesRichard Blewitt
International Olympic CommitteeMario Pescante
Inter-Parliamentary UnionPaddy Torsney
Sovereign Military Order of MaltaPaul Beresford-Hill

References

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