PERSON: Lana Nusseibeh

Assistant Minister for Political Affairs and Envoy of the Minister of Foreign Affairs

Lana Zaki Nusseibeh (Arabic: لانا زكي نسيبه) is an Emirati diplomat who serves as Assistant Minister for Political Affairs and Envoy of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates. She previously served as the United Arab Emirates Permanent Representative to the United Nations from September 2013 to April 2024.

Nusseibeh was a consultant for UNESCO in Paris from 2000 to 2001, and an analyst with the Security and Terrorism Programme of the Gulf Research Center from 2004 to 2006. She was head of the International Renewable Energy Agency taskforce before beginning work within the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2009, first as Director of the Policy Planning Department and then as Special Envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan. She was Deputy Sherpa for the UAE’s participation in the G20 and a member of the U.K.-UAE Ministerial Taskforce.

Nusseibeh was appointed UAE Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN by President Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan in September 2013, the first woman in the position. She was elected as one of the Vice Presidents for the 72nd session in 2017, representing the Asia-Pacific group of member states. She was formerly President of the UN Women Executive Board in 2017. She is also co-chair of the Friends of the Future of the UN. Nusseibeh is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Emirates Diplomatic Academy.

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