The Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations is the

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of the

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to the

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, accredited as Concurrent Non-Resident Ambassador to the

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, and

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. The Permanent Representative is Colombia's foremost

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to UN, and

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. The Permanent Representative however, is not the only high-ranking Colombian diplomat in the United States, the other two being the Permanent Representative of Colombia to the Organization of American States in Washington, D.C., and the

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, also in Washington D.C. The officeholder is charged with representing the interests of the

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and

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, and advancing the relations between Colombia and the general

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List of Permanent Representatives

The following is a chronological list of those who have held the office:

References

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Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...