Syed Akbaruddin India’s next permanent representative to UN

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Senior diplomat and former high-profile spokesperson of the external affairs ministry Syed Akbaruddin has been appointed as India’s permanent representative to the United Nations, succeeding Asoke Mukerji who will be retiring. 

As India’s Permanent Representative to the global body in New York, Mr. Akbaruddin’s main task would be to push for India’s bid to gain permanent membership of the UN Security Council as well as to strongly advocate its position on key issues.

About Syed Akbaruddin :-

He is a 1985 batch IFS officer, and currently serving as an Additional Secretary in MEA. He had also brought an effective mix of social and digital media into the External Publicity division.

Mr. Akbaruddin was Chief Coordinator of the recently-held Indo-Africa Summit here which was participated by heads of state and government of 41 countries from African continent. The event went off smoothly with all visiting dignitaries praising the way it was organised.

He had served at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Geneva and is considered an “expert” on the West Asia where he had served in various capacities.

About permanent representative to UN :-

A Permanent Representative (sometimes called a "UN ambassador")  is the head of a diplomatic mission to the United Nations Organization (or United Nations, UN) of these, the most high-profile UN Permanent Representatives are those assigned to headquarters in New York City.

A Permanent Representative holds the equivalent diplomatic rank of an ambassador  (or Chief of Mission or High Commissioner), he or she is accredited to an international organisation, and not to a Head of State (as a nation's ambassador would be) or to a Head of Government (as a High Commissioner would be).