Permanent Representative of Syria to the United Nations
| Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Syria to the United Nations السفير والممثل الدائم لسوريا لدى الأمم المتحدة | |
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since 20 December 2023 | |
| Style | His Excellency |
| Seat | New York, United States[1] |
| Appointer | President of Syria |
| Inaugural holder | Fares al-Khoury |
| Formation | 1946 |
| 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]
List of heads of mission
[edit]The Permanent Representatives were the following:[3]
- 1946–1948: Fares al-Khoury
- 1951–1953: Farid Zeineddine
- 1953–1957: Rafik Asha
- 1962–1964: Salah el-Dine Tarazi
- 1964–1965: Rafik Asha[4]
- 1965–1972: George Tomeh[5]
- 1972–1975: Haissam Kelani[6]
- 1975–1978: Mowaffak Allaf[7]
- 1978–1981: Hammud al-Shufi[8]
- 1981–1986: Dia Allah El-Fattal[9]
- 1988–1990: Ahmad Fathi Al-Masri[10]
- 1990–1996: Dia Allah El-Fattal[11]
- 1996–2003: Mikhail Wehbe[12]
- 2003–2006: Faisal Mekdad[13]
- 2006–2020: Bashar Jaafari[14]
- 2020–2023: Bassam al-Sabbagh[15][16]
- 2023–present: Qusay al-Dahhak[17][18]
See also
[edit]- Foreign relations of Syria
- List of diplomatic missions of Syria
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates (Syria)
References
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- ^ "Syrian Ambassador". UN. 2019-04-27. Archived from the original on 2014-11-24. Retrieved 2013-07-29.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "New Permanent Representative of Syria Presents Credentials". UN Press Release. Permanent Representative Credentials. 1964-07-14. Archived from the original on 2024-02-26. Retrieved 2024-02-26.
- ^ "New Permanent Representative of Syria Presents Credentials". UN Press Release. Permanent Representative Credentials. 1965-10-14. Archived from the original on 2024-02-26. Retrieved 2024-02-26.
- ^ "New Permanent Representative of Syria Presents Credentials". UN Press Release. Permanent Representative Credentials. 1972-08-08. Archived from the original on 2024-02-26. Retrieved 2024-02-26.
- ^ "New Permanent Representative of Syria Presents Credentials". UN Press Release. Permanent Representative Credentials. 1975-12-11. Archived from the original on 2024-02-26. Retrieved 2024-02-26.
- ^ "New Permanent Representative of Syria Presents Credentials". UN Press Release. Permanent Representative Credentials. 1978-06-06. Archived from the original on 2024-02-26. Retrieved 2024-02-26.
- ^ "New Permanent Representative of Syria Presents Credentials". UN Press Release. Permanent Representative Credentials. 1981-05-18. Archived from the original on 2024-02-26. Retrieved 2024-02-26.
- ^ "New Permanent Representative of Syria Presents Credentials". UN Press Release. Permanent Representative Credentials. 1988-02-25. Archived from the original on 2024-02-26. Retrieved 2024-02-26.
- ^ "New Permanent Representative of Syria Presents Credentials". UN Press Release. Permanent Representative Credentials. 1990-07-27. Archived from the original on 2024-02-26. Retrieved 2024-02-26.
- ^ "NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF SYRIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS". United Nations. 29 October 1996. Archived from the original on 2023-10-21. Retrieved 2024-02-26.
- ^ "NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF SYRIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS". United Nations. 2003-09-18. Archived from the original on 2023-10-21. Retrieved 2024-02-26.
- ^ "NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF SYRIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS". United Nations. 31 July 2006. Archived from the original on 2023-10-21. Retrieved 2024-02-26.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "New Permanent Representative of Syria Presents Credentials". United Nations. 23 February 2021. Archived from the original on 2024-01-16. Retrieved 2024-02-26.
- ^ "Al-Dhahhak sworn in as Syria's Permanent Representative to the UN". Syrian Arab News Agency. 20 December 2023. Archived from the original on 21 December 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
- ^ "New Permanent Representative of Syrian Arab Republic Presents Credentials". United Nations. 31 January 2024. Archived from the original on 2024-02-26. Retrieved 2024-02-26.