The Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations represents the
European Union
The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated total population of about 447million. The EU has often been des ...
in the
United Nations
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, working in coordination with the diplomatic and consular missions of all the EU Member States.
Offices
The European Union is represented by delegations accredited to UN bodies in:
*Geneva
*Paris
*
Nairobi
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*New York City
*Rome
*Vienna
Ambassadors
Ambassador
Olof Skoog
Björn Olof Skoog (born 6 September 1962) is a Swedish diplomat who has been serving as the European Union Ambassador to the UN since 2019.
Career
From March 2015 until 2019, Skoog served as Permanent Representative of Sweden to the United Nat ...
is the Head of the Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations since December 2019.
[
] His predecessor was
João Vale de Almeida
João Vale de Almeida (born 29 January 1957 in Lisbon) is a senior European diplomat and Portuguese national, who currently serves as the Ambassador of the European Union to the United Kingdom.
Vale de Almeida was Ambassador of the Europea ...
of Portugal currently posted in London as Head of the
EU Delegation to the United Kingdom.
See also
*
European Union and the United Nations
The European Union (EU) has had permanent observer status at the United Nations (UN) since 1974, and has had enhanced participation rights since 2011. The EU itself does not have voting rights but it is represented alongside its 27 members, on ...
References
External links
Official Site
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