DIPLOMACY
Scandinavian countries are internationally renowned for being progressive, liberal, and trailblazing in terms of equality. Norway is no exception, and at its helm, Ambassador Tormod C. Endresen, Permanent Representative of Norway to the United Nations Office at...
“The United Nations was not created to take us to heaven but to save us from hell” Dag Hammarskjöld, 1954 (SG/382). There couldn’t be a more focused, incisive, and realistic statement. Dag Hammarskjöld summed up all too well the situation of our world body then,...
Your excellency, please tell us how you came to work in diplomacy? Ever since childhood I was attracted to public service and the possibility of making a contribution to the socio-economic development of my country. This led to me taking the Civil Services Examination...
Your Excellency, please could you tell us about your career and what led you to your current position? Throughout my life, I’ve had the privilege of exercising both my passion for university teaching and commitment to public service. I’ve been a professor of...
It is the kind of February sky that you would expect in Geneva – a canopy of coy cotton hanging slightly overhead, sprinkled with morning chirrups as the good old Grand-Saconnex neighborhood timidly awakens. We are simultaneously a five-minute drive from the venerable...
Your Excellency, please could you tell us about your career and what led you to your current position? Becoming a diplomat was not my initial plan. While I studied law and became a barrister in London, intending to practice law in Cyprus, I quickly became convinced...
The Republic of Cabo Verde is an archipelago and island country of West Africa in the central Atlantic Ocean, a combined land area of about 4,033 square kilometers. It was uninhabited until the 15th century, when Portuguese explorers colonized the islands. Since the...
Could you tell us about your career and what led you to the position of Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the UN? I joined the Foreign Service of Pakistan in 1994. Since then I have worked in various positions in Islamabad and at our bilateral Missions in Europe...
Please tell us briefly about your career, why you joined the diplomatic service, and how you were appointed to your current position as Permanent Representative of Qatar to the UN in Geneva? After having finished my university studies crowned, with a Bachelor’s Degree...
DIPLOMACY
Scandinavian countries are internationally renowned for being progressive, liberal, and trailblazing in terms of equality. Norway is no exception, and at its helm, Ambassador Tormod C. Endresen, Permanent Representative of Norway to the United Nations Office at...
“The United Nations was not created to take us to heaven but to save us from hell” Dag Hammarskjöld, 1954 (SG/382). There couldn’t be a more focused, incisive, and realistic statement. Dag Hammarskjöld summed up all too well the situation of our world body then,...
Your excellency, please tell us how you came to work in diplomacy? Ever since childhood I was attracted to public service and the possibility of making a contribution to the socio-economic development of my country. This led to me taking the Civil Services Examination...
Your Excellency, please could you tell us about your career and what led you to your current position? Throughout my life, I’ve had the privilege of exercising both my passion for university teaching and commitment to public service. I’ve been a professor of...
It is the kind of February sky that you would expect in Geneva – a canopy of coy cotton hanging slightly overhead, sprinkled with morning chirrups as the good old Grand-Saconnex neighborhood timidly awakens. We are simultaneously a five-minute drive from the venerable...
Your Excellency, please could you tell us about your career and what led you to your current position? Becoming a diplomat was not my initial plan. While I studied law and became a barrister in London, intending to practice law in Cyprus, I quickly became convinced...
The Republic of Cabo Verde is an archipelago and island country of West Africa in the central Atlantic Ocean, a combined land area of about 4,033 square kilometers. It was uninhabited until the 15th century, when Portuguese explorers colonized the islands. Since the...
Could you tell us about your career and what led you to the position of Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the UN? I joined the Foreign Service of Pakistan in 1994. Since then I have worked in various positions in Islamabad and at our bilateral Missions in Europe...
Please tell us briefly about your career, why you joined the diplomatic service, and how you were appointed to your current position as Permanent Representative of Qatar to the UN in Geneva? After having finished my university studies crowned, with a Bachelor’s Degree...
Your Excellency, please tell us briefly about your career, why you joined the diplomatic service, and how you were appointed to your current position as Permanent Representative of Ecuador to the UN? I have been involved in the public area of diplomacy from many...
