The role of the ambassador and permanent representative of Luxembourg to the United Nations is as the leader of the Luxembourger delegation to the United Nations in New York and as head of the Permanent Mission of Luxembourg to the UN. The position has the rank and status of an
ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary
An ambassador is an official envoy, especially a high-ranking diplomat who represents a state and is usually accredited to another sovereign state or to an international organization as the resident representative of their own government or sov ...
and was also the representative of Luxembourg in the
United Nations Security Council
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations (UN) and is charged with ensuring international peace and security, recommending the admission of new UN members to the General Assembly, an ...
from 2013-2014.
The permanent representative, currently
Olivier Maes, is charged with representing Luxembourg, both through its non-permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council and also during plenary meetings of the
General Assembly
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Specific examples of general assembly include:
Churches
* General Assembly (presbyterian church), the highest court of presb ...
, except in the rare situation in which a more senior officer (such as the
minister for foreign affairs
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or the
prime minister
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) is present.
Officeholders
See also
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Luxembourg and the United Nations
The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg is a charter member of the United Nations and served as one of the ten non-permanent members of the UN Security Council (2013–2014).
History
A delegation from Luxembourg headed by Joseph Bech, the Minister of F ...
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Foreign relations of Luxembourg
References
External links
Permanent Mission of Luxembourg to the United Nations
{{Permanent Representatives to the United Nations
Permanent Representatives of Luxembourg to the United Nations
Luxembourg
Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; french: link=no, Luxembourg; german: link=no, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ; french: link=no, Grand-Duché de Luxembourg ; german: link=no, Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small lan ...
Lists of ambassadors of Luxembourg