Senior Indian diplomat Syed Akbaruddin has been appointed as India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN) at New York. Syed Akbaruddin will succeed Asoke Kumar who will be retiring soon. In his new role, Syed Akbaruddin’s main task would be to push India’s bid to gain permanent membership of the United Nations Security Council and also strongly advocate its position on key issues. Syed Akbaruddin is 1985 batch officer of Indian Foreign Service.
Prior to this appointment Syaed was serving as Additional Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs. Earlier he served as MEA’s high profile spokesperson and also was Chief Co-ordinator of successful third India Africa Foreign Summit held in New Delhi in October 2015. He also had served at the Geneva based International Atomic-Energy-Agency (IAEA) and is an expert on the West Asia where he had earlier served in various capacities.
Syed Akbaruddin has been appointed as India’s Permanent Representative to United Nations
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