Permanent Representative of Spain to the United Nations

The Ambassador Permanent Representative of Spain to the United Nations is an official of the Government of Spain belonging to the diplomatic corps representing Spain before the United Nations (UN) based in New York City, United States. This permanent representation, unlike the Permanent Representation of Spain to the European Union, does not have its own legislation and is regulated by the general regulations governing diplomatic missions, by international law and by the internal law of the UN.

Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Spain to the United Nations
Arms of Spain
Style	His Excellency
Member of	Permanent Mission of Spain to the United Nations
Appointer	King of Spain
Formation	1955
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The Permanent Mission, which is organizationally and functionally dependent on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, represents the State Administration as a whole, is the superior head of all the personnel of the Mission or Representation, directs the same and coordinates the External Action and the Foreign Service of the State at the UN.

The United Nations has several headquarters in different countries. This position should not be confused with that of Ambassador Permanent Representative of Spain to the United Nations Office and International Organizations based in Vienna and Ambassador Permanent Representative of Spain to the United Nations Office and International Organizations based in Geneva.

Origin

The Permanent Representative of Spain to the United Nations was approved by the Council of Ministers on December 23, 1955, and came into force on January 1 of the following year. This representative assumes the representation of Spain at the headquarters of the United Nations Organization in New York and all its organs,^[1] as a consequence of the country's entry into the organization on December 14, 1955.

Permanent Mission of Spain to the United Nations

The Permanent Mission of Spain to the United Nations is the organization within the Foreign Service in charge of representing Spain before the UN and defending its interests and those of its citizens. It is also in charge of developing international relations with the UN, conducting the necessary negotiations and cooperating with the European External Action Service for the promotion and defense of the interests of the Union.

The Permanent Mission consists of the Permanent Representative Ambassador, the Deputy Permanent Representative Ambassador and the Chancery. In addition, it is also made up of Councils, Attaché Offices, Sectoral Offices, Economic and Commercial Offices, Technical Cooperation Offices, Cultural Centers, Spanish Cooperation Training Centers, as well as the Cervantes Institute and, where appropriate, the Common Services Section.

It works in close collaboration with the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and the Directorate General for the United Nations and Human Rights.

Ambassadors

For all ambassadors, see Annex:Permanent Representatives of Spain to the United Nations.

As of 4 September 2024, the current Permanent Representative Ambassador of Spain to the United Nations is Agustín Santos Maraver, who previously served from 2011 to 2012 as permanent representative of Spain to the Office of the United Nations and International Organizations based in Geneva.

Office holders

Image	Incumbent	Start of term	End of term
	José Félix de Lequerica y Erquiza	1956	1963
	Manuel Aznar Zubigaray	1964	1967
	Jaime de Piniés	1968	1972
	Jaime Alba Delibes [es]	1972	1973
	Jaime de Piniés	1973	1985
	Fernando Morán López[2]	1986	1987
	Francisco Villar Ortiz de Urbina [es]	1987	1991
	Juan Antonio Yáñez-Barnuevo [es]	1991	1996
	Carlos Westendorp[3]	1996	1997
	Inocencio Arias[4]	1997	2004
	Juan Antonio Yáñez-Barnuevo [es]	2004	2010
	Juan Pablo de Laiglesia	2010	2012
	Fernando Arias González[5]	2012	2013
	Román Oyarzun Marchesi [es]	2014	2017
	Jorge Moragas Sánchez[6]	2017	2018
	Agustín Santos Maraver [es]	2018	2023

See also

• Spain and the United Nations
• Foreign relations of Spain

References

1. "Ministerio De Asuntos Exteriores" (PDF). Gobierno De La Nacion. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
2. "Biographical notes of panelists". Batory. Archived from the original on 20 October 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
3. "Carlos Westendorp short bio". Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Spain). Retrieved 2020-01-14.
4. Biography in the EUROPA website
5. "Fernando Arias re-appointed as OPCW Director-General".
6. https://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2016/11/12/pdfs/BOE-A-2016-10463.pdf. Archived 2016-12-21 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Actualidad ONU - Permanent Mission of Spain to the United Nations