Indra Mani Pandey appointed India’s Permanent Representative to UN

Indra Mani Pandey has been appointed as the next Ambassador/ Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations, Geneva. He was an Indian Foreign Service officer of 1990 batch.

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The Permanent Mission is the diplomatic mission that every member state deputes to the United Nations, and is headed by a Permanent Representative, who is also referred to as the “UN ambassador”.

In his nearly three-decade career, Pandey has served in Indian missions in Damascus, Cairo, Islamabad, Kabul, Muscat and Geneva.

He has also served as joint secretary in the Disarmament and International Security Affairs division of the MEA in Delhi.

Pandey will lead India’s efforts to blunt Pakistan’s campaign to vilify India for alleged human rights abuses in J&K.