Lana Zaki Nusseibeh ( ar, لانا زكي نسيبه) is an Emirati diplomat who serves as the

United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia (The Middle East). It is located at th ...

Permanent Representative to the

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since September 2013.

Early life and education

Nusseibeh's father, of Palestinian decent, is presidential advisor and translator

Zaki Nusseibeh Zaki Anwar Nusseibeh is the Cultural Adviser to the President of the UAE and the Chancellor of UAE University. He has been active in government service in the United Arab Emirates since its formation in 1971, and with the Government of the Emirate ...

, and her grandfather was Palestinian

Anwar Nusseibeh Anwar Bey Nuseibeh ( ar, أنور نسيبة) Anwar Bey Nuseibeh (1913–1986) was a leading Palestinian who held several major posts in the Jordanian Government before Israel took control of East Jerusalem and the West Bank in the 1967 war. Aft ...

. She has bachelor's and master's degrees in history from

Queens' College Queens' College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Queens' is one of the oldest colleges of the university, founded in 1448 by Margaret of Anjou. The college spans the River Cam, colloquially referred to as the "light s ...

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and a Master's in Israeli and

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Studies from the

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Career

Nusseibeh was a consultant for

UNESCO The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) aimed at promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture. It ...

in Paris from 2000 to 2001, and an analyst with the Security and Terrorism Programme of the

Gulf Research Center The Gulf Research Center (GRC) is a privately funded, non-partisan think tank, education provider and consultancy specializing in the Persian Gulf region. The GRC produces research from a Gulf perspective which redresses a current area studies imb ...

from 2004 to 2006. She was head of the International Renewable Energy Agency taskforce before beginning work within the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2009, first as Director of the Policy Planning Department and then as Special Envoy to

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and

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. She was Deputy Sherpa for the UAE's participation in the

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and a member of the UK-UAE Ministerial Taskforce. Nusseibeh was appointed UAE Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN by

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Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan in September 2013, the first woman in the position. She was elected as one of the Vice Presidents for the 72nd session in 2017, representing the

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group of member states. She was formerly President of the

UN Women The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, also known as UN Women, is a United Nations entity working for gender equality and the empowerment of women. UN Women advocates for the rights of women and girls, and focu ...

Executive Board in 2017. She is also co-chair of the Friends of the Future of the UN. Nusseibeh is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Emirates Diplomatic Academy.

Awards and honours

* UAE Prime Minister's Government Excellence Award (Medal of Pride)

Publications

References

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