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Colombia Ambassador to United Nations

Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations
Representante Permanente de Colombia ante las Naciones Unidas
Incumbent
María Emma Mejía Vélez

since 18 February 2014
Style Her Excellency
Appointer Juan Manuel Santos Calderón
Inaugural holder Alfonso López Pumarejo
Formation 1946
Salary US$10,000 (monthly)
Website Delegation's Website

The Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations is the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Colombia to the United Nations, accredited as Concurrent Non-Resident Ambassador to the Republic of Kosovo, and Montenegro.

The Permanent Representative is Colombia's foremost diplomatic representative to UN, and Chief of Mission in New York City. 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 Ambassador of Colombia to the United States, also in Washington D.C. The officeholder is charged with representing the interests of the President and Government of Colombia, and advancing the relations between Colombia and the general world community.

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


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