A permanent representative is a diplomat who is the head of a country's diplomatic mission to an international organisation .
6-813: Organizations that receive permanent representatives from their member states include the United Nations , the World Trade Organization , NATO , the European Union , the African Union , the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation , and the Organization of American States . Permanent representatives can be sent to subunits or field offices of an organization. For example, in addition to the permanent representatives sent to
12-544: A head of government (as a high commissioner would be). Some diplomats are representatives to UN councils, such as the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations . UNESCO has permanent delegates heading the diplomatic missions to the organisation, rather than permanent representatives. However, there are also UNESCO Goodwill Ambassadors , such as many celebrities who act as UNESCO goodwill ambassadors for
18-520: Is permanent representative. For example, the United States ambassador to the United Nations is technically called the permanent representative to the UN, even though they are widely referred to as an ambassador. Diplomatic representatives of the pope are titled apostolic nuncio or papal nuncio , which is equivalent to permanent representative. Some international organizations, such as UNESCO , use
24-559: The United Nations headquarters in New York City , UN member states also appoint permanent representatives to other UN offices, such as those in Geneva , Nairobi , and Vienna . Permanent representatives are often informally described as ambassadors . However, although a permanent representative typically holds the diplomatic rank of an ambassador, because they are accredited to an international organisation, their official title
30-545: The other UN offices in Geneva , Vienna , and Nairobi . Many countries, including the United States, call their UN permanent representative "UN ambassadors". Although a permanent representative holds the equivalent diplomatic rank of an ambassador (or chief of mission or high commissioner ), they are accredited to an international organisation, and not to a head of state (as a nation's ambassador would be) or to
36-498: The title permanent delegate to refer to the head of a diplomatic mission accredited to them. United Nations Permanent Representative A permanent representative to the United Nations (sometimes called a " UN ambassador ") is the head of a country's diplomatic mission to the United Nations . Of these, the most high-profile UN permanent representatives are those assigned to headquarters in New York City . However, member states also appoint permanent representatives to
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