This is a list of the Permanent Representatives of Ukraine to the United Nations. Permanent Representative is the head of the permanent mission of Ukraine to the United Nations.
History On 26 June 1945, the Charter of the United Nations was signed and came into force on 24 October 1945. Ukraine was among the first countries that signed the United Nations Charter, becoming a founding member of the United Nations among 51 countries.
Dmitry Manuilsky, head of the Ukrainian delegation at the United Nations Conference on International Organization, held in April–June 1945 in San Francisco, was elected Chairman of the First Committee, which elaborated the Preamble and Chapter 1 (Purposes and Principles) of the United Nations Charter. Until 1958 the permanent mission of Ukraine was led by the Minister of Foreign Affairs rather than the permanent representative.
Since Ukraine's independence in August 1991, membership in the United Nations is a priority of Ukraine's foreign policy.
Permanent Mission Composition The permanent mission of Ukraine consists of a permanent representative, three counsellors (one of which is a permanent representative deputy) and a military adviser. The permanent mission also includes about 10 various secretaries and attaches.
List
Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United NationsPermanent RepresentativeTerm Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1919–1991) • 1 Dmitry Manuilsky (1945-1952) Ministers of Foreign AffairsHead of the Ukrainian delegation 2 Anatoliy Baranovsky (1952-1954) Ministers of Foreign AffairsHead of the Ukrainian delegation 3 Luka Palamarchuk (1954-1958) Ministers of Foreign AffairsHead of the Ukrainian delegation 4 Petro Udovychenko (1958-1961) Permanent Representative 5 Luka Kyzya (1961-1964) Permanent Representative 6 Sergiy Shevchenko (1964–1968) Permanent Representative 7 Mykhailo Polyanychko (1968–1973) Permanent Representative 8 Volodymyr Martynenko (1973–1979) Permanent Representative 9 Volodymyr Kravets (1979–1984) Permanent Representative 10 Hennadiy Udovenko (1984–1992Decree of the President of Ukraine N 119 Про увільнення Удовенка Г.Й. від обов'язків Постійного представника України при ООН) Permanent Representative Ukraine (since 1991) • 11 Victor Batiuk (1992Decree of the President of Ukraine N 120 Про призначення Батюка В.Г. Постійним представником України при ООН–1993) Permanent Representative – Volodymyr Khandohiy (1993-1994) Deputy Permanent Representative – Borys Hudyma (1994) Deputy Permanent Representative 12 Anatoliy Zlenko (1994Decree of the President of Ukraine N 550/94 Про призначення Постійного Представника України при ООН-1997) Permanent Representative 13 Volodymyr Yelchenko (1997Ex-envoy to UN Sergeyev quits the foreign service, becomes retiree, UNIAN (9 February 2016)-2001) Permanent Representative 14 Valeriy Kuchinsky (2001Decree of the President of Ukraine N 586/2001 Про призначення В. Кучинського Постійним представником України при Організації Об'єднаних Націй-2006)Decree of the President of Ukraine N 447/2006 Про звільнення В. Кучинського з посад Постійного представника України при Організації Об'єднаних Націй, Надзвичайного і Повноважного Посла України в Ямайці та Надзвичайного і Повноважного Посла України в Республіці Тринідад і Тобаго Permanent Representative – Viktor Kryzhanivsky (2006-2007) Deputy Permanent Representative 15 Yuriy Sergeyev (2007Decree of the President of Ukraine N 317/2007 Про призначення Ю. Сергеєва Постійним Представником України при Організації Об'єднаних Націй-2015) Permanent Representative 16 Volodymyr Yelchenko (2015-2019) Permanent Representative 17 Sergiy Kyslytsya (2019-2024) Permanent Representative 18 Andriy Melnyk (2024-) Permanent Representative See also Ukraine and the United Nations Foreign relations of Ukraine Vasyl Tarasenko - representative of the Ukrainian SSR in the United Nations Economic and Social Council, the United Nations Security Council (1948-1949).
References
External links Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Permanent Mission of Ukraine to the United Nations Ukraine And The United Nations Ukraine's U.N. Mission celebrates 40th anniversary