Lana Zaki Nusseibeh

Lana Zaki Nusseibeh (Arabic: لانا زكي نسيبه‎) has been the United Arab Emirates Permanent Representative to the United Nations since September 2013 and President of UN Women since January 2017.

Early life and education

Nusseibeh's father is presidential advisor and interpreter Zaki Nusseibeh, and her grandfather was Palestinian moderate Anwar Nusseibeh.[1] She has bachelor's and master's degrees in history from Queens' College, University of Cambridge and a Master's in Israeli and Jewish Diaspora Studies from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.[2][3]

Career

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.[4] She served as 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.[2] She was Deputy Sherpa for the UAE's participation in the G20 and a member of the UK-UAE Ministerial Taskforce.[3]

Nusseibeh was appointed UAE Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN by President Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan in September 2013,[2] the first woman in the position.[5][3] She was elected as one of the Vice Presidents for the 72nd session in 2017, representing the Asia-Pacific group of member states.[6]

In January 2017, Nusseibeh was named President of the UN Women Executive Board.[5][7][8] She is also co-chair of the Friends of the Future of the UN.[2]

Awards and honours
  • UAE Prime Minister's Government Excellence Award (Medal of Pride)[2][9]

Publications
  • Al Dabbagh, May; Nusseibeh, Lana (2009). "Women in Parliament and Politics in the UAE". Women, leadership and development in the Middle East: 367.

References
  1. Dajani, Haneen (20 January 2016). "Sheikh Zayed's former interpreter honoured for strengthening ties between UAE and France". The National. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  2. "Permanent Mission of the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations". United Nations. 18 September 2013. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  3. "Nusseibeh is UAE's first female Permanent Representative to UN". Khaleej Times. 19 September 2013. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  4. "New Permanent Representative of United Arab Emirates Presents Credentials". United Nations. 18 September 2013. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  5. Downes, Siobhan (24 January 2017). "An Emirati Woman Will Lead the UN In Female Empowerment". Emirates Woman. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  6. "UAE envoy elected as a vice-president of UN General Assembly". GDN online.
  7. Malek, Caline (14 February 2017). "UAE's UN ambassador elected as president of UN Women Executive Board". The National. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  8. "Meet the Emirati woman leading UN on women empowerment". Al Arabiya. 20 January 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  9. Zaatari, Sami (11 January 2017). "In race to be number one, excellence is a journey, Mohammad says". Gulf News. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
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