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The role of the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations (french: Ambassadeur et Représentant permanent de la France auprès des Nations Unies) is as the leader of the French delegation to the United Nations in New York and as head of the Permanent Mission of France 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 is also the permanent representative of France in the
United Nations Security Council The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is one of the Organs of the United Nations, six principal organs of the United Nations (UN) and is charged with ensuring international security, international peace and security, recommending the admi ...
. The Permanent Representative, currently Nicolas de Rivière, is charged with representing France, both through its permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council and also during plenary meetings of the
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, except in the rare situation in which a more senior officer (such as the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, the
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or the
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) is present.


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France and the United Nations France has been a member of the United Nations (UN) since its foundation in 1945 and is one of the five nations, alongside China, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States, that holds a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Coun ...
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Foreign relations of France In the 19th century France built a new French colonial empire second only to the British Empire. It was humiliated in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–71, which marked the rise of Germany to dominance in Europe. France allied with Great Bri ...


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Permanent Mission of France to the United Nations
{{Lists of heads of French diplomatic missions Foreign relations of France Permanent Representatives of France to the United Nations
France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
United Nations The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and international security, security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be ...