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href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_United_Nations_Security_Council" title="List of members of the United Nations Security Council">Non-permanent</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Permanent_Representative_to_the_United_Nations" class="mw-redirect" title="Permanent Representative to the United Nations">Permanent Representative</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Burhanudeen Gafoor<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-PRNewYork_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PRNewYork-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b><a href="/wiki/Singapore" title="Singapore">Republic of Singapore</a></b> officially became the 117th member of the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a> (UN) after its independence on August 9, 1965.<sup id="cite_ref-sgJoinsUN_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sgJoinsUN-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From 2001 to 2002, Singapore held a rotational seat on the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council" title="United Nations Security Council">United Nations Security Council</a> and has participated in UN peacekeeping/observer missions in <a href="/wiki/Kuwait" title="Kuwait">Kuwait</a>, <a href="/wiki/Angola" title="Angola">Angola</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kenya" title="Kenya">Kenya</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cambodia" title="Cambodia">Cambodia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Timor_Leste" class="mw-redirect" title="Timor Leste">Timor Leste</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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href="/wiki/Singapore_in_Malaysia" title="Singapore in Malaysia">State of Singapore</a> and the federal government of Malaysia, Singapore became an independent state about 2 years after the union, on August 9, 1965.<sup id="cite_ref-sgJoinsUN_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sgJoinsUN-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Member_states_of_the_United_Nations" title="Member states of the United Nations">Requirements</a> for joining the United Nations under the <a href="/wiki/Charter_of_the_United_Nations" title="Charter of the United Nations">UN Charter</a> of the time required sponsorship by minimum of 2 members on the United Nations Security Council, support from the members on the council and about 67% of the votes during the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembly" title="United Nations General Assembly">United Nations General Assembly</a> to be successfully admitted into the organisation. After independence, Singapore applied to join the UN on September 2, 1965 with the sponsorship of Malaysia, the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ivory_Coast" title="Ivory Coast">Ivory Coast</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jordan" title="Jordan">Jordan</a>. On September 20, 1965, Singapore's admission to the UN was put into vote in the security council and the result of the vote was unanimous.<sup id="cite_ref-UnPractices_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UnPractices-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Singapore was then officially registered as a member of the UN on September 21, 1965, with Abu Bakar bin Pawanchee serving as the first permanent representative to the UN.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-sgJoinsUN_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sgJoinsUN-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1969, the United Nations Association of Singapore was set up as part of the <a href="/wiki/World_Federation_of_United_Nations_Associations" title="World Federation of United Nations Associations">World Federation of United Nations Associations</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which is part of 'The Third United Nations'.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Since then, Singapore has been actively participating in UN peacekeeping operations. In 1997, the country became only the seventh country to sign the Memorandum of Understanding on UN Standby Arrangements.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Activities">Activities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Singapore_and_the_United_Nations&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Activities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Security_Council">Security Council</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Singapore_and_the_United_Nations&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Security Council"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the <a href="/wiki/2000_United_Nations_Security_Council_election" title="2000 United Nations Security Council election">2000 United Nations Security Council election</a>, Singapore was elected as one of the five non-permanent members of the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council" title="United Nations Security Council">UN Security Council</a> and served a two-year term from 2001 to 2002.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In January 2001 and May 2002, Ambassador <a href="/wiki/Kishore_Mahbubani" title="Kishore Mahbubani">Kishore Mahbubani</a>, the permanent representative of Singapore then, served as the <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_Nations_Security_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="President of the United Nations Security Council">President of the United Nations Security Council</a> together with Ambassador <a href="/wiki/S._Jayakumar_(Singaporean_politician)" title="S. Jayakumar (Singaporean politician)">S. Jayakumar</a>. During Singapore's time on the security council, it managed to lobbied for a time extension for the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Transitional_Administration_in_East_Timor" title="United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor">United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor</a> until East Timor's independence, despite objection from a permanent member on the council.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Peacekeeping_and_observer_missions">Peacekeeping and observer missions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Singapore_and_the_United_Nations&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Peacekeeping and observer missions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Since 1989, Singapore has taken part in 17 peacekeeping and observer missions with personnel from the <a href="/wiki/Singapore_Armed_Forces" title="Singapore Armed Forces">Singapore Armed Forces (SAF)</a> and <a href="/wiki/Singapore_Police_Force" title="Singapore Police Force">Singapore Police Force (SPF)</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Singapore's first <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_peacekeeping" title="United Nations peacekeeping">peacekeeping mission</a> was to oversee <a href="/wiki/Namibia" title="Namibia">Namibia</a>’s transition to independence, was in response to an urgent call for help from then UN Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar on March 29, 1989. A total of 30 personnel from the SPF was sent on the mission and the country also contributed <a href="/wiki/Singapore_dollar" title="Singapore dollar">S$</a>172,652 to the operations of the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Transition_Assistance_Group" title="United Nations Transition Assistance Group">United Nations Transition Assistance Group</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-peaceNamibia_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-peaceNamibia-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Singapore has taken part in the following peacekeeping and observer missions led by the UN. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Start Year</th> <th>End Year</th> <th>Country</th> <th>Conflict</th> <th>Mission</th> <th>No. of personnel </th></tr> <tr> <td>1989</td> <td>2000</td> <td><span data-sort-value="Namibia"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Namibia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Namibia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Namibia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Namibia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Namibia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Namibia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Namibia" title="Namibia">Namibia</a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Namibia#Independence" title="Namibia">Namibia’s Transition to Independence</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Transition_Assistance_Group" title="United Nations Transition Assistance Group">UNTAG</a></td> <td>30 (Singapore Police Force)<sup id="cite_ref-peaceNamibia_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-peaceNamibia-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1991</td> <td>2003</td> <td><span data-sort-value="Kuwait"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Flag_of_Kuwait.svg/23px-Flag_of_Kuwait.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Flag_of_Kuwait.svg/35px-Flag_of_Kuwait.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Flag_of_Kuwait.svg/46px-Flag_of_Kuwait.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Kuwait" title="Kuwait">Kuwait</a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gulf_War" title="Gulf War">Gulf War</a><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Iraq%E2%80%93Kuwait_Observation_Mission" title="United Nations Iraq–Kuwait Observation Mission">UNIKOM</a></td> <td>88 (Singapore Armed Forces) <sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1993</td> <td>1993</td> <td><span data-sort-value="Cambodia"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Flag_of_Cambodia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Cambodia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Flag_of_Cambodia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Cambodia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Flag_of_Cambodia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Cambodia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="640" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Cambodia" title="Cambodia">Cambodia</a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cambodian%E2%80%93Vietnamese_War" title="Cambodian–Vietnamese War">Cambodian–Vietnamese War</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Transitional_Authority_in_Cambodia" title="United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia">UNTAC</a></td> <td>65 (Singapore Armed Forces) <sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1994</td> <td>1994</td> <td><span data-sort-value="South Africa"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa">South Africa</a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Internal_resistance_to_apartheid" title="Internal resistance to apartheid">Internal resistance to apartheid</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Observer_Mission_in_South_Africa" title="United Nations Observer Mission in South Africa">UNOMSA</a></td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td></tr> <tr> <td>1997</td> <td>1998</td> <td><span data-sort-value="Afghanistan"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Afghanistan_conflict_(1978%E2%80%93present)" class="mw-redirect" title="Afghanistan conflict (1978–present)">Afghanistan conflict</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Special_Mission_to_Afghanistan" title="United Nations Special Mission to Afghanistan">UNSMA</a></td> <td>1 military advisor (Singapore Armed Forces)<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1999</td> <td>2000</td> <td rowspan="3"><span data-sort-value="East Timor"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Flag_of_East_Timor.svg/23px-Flag_of_East_Timor.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Flag_of_East_Timor.svg/35px-Flag_of_East_Timor.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Flag_of_East_Timor.svg/46px-Flag_of_East_Timor.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/East_Timor" title="East Timor">East Timor</a></span></td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Indonesian_occupation_of_East_Timor" title="Indonesian occupation of East Timor">Indonesian occupation of East Timor</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/International_Force_East_Timor" title="International Force East Timor">INTERFET</a></td> <td>None<sup id="cite_ref-peaceEastTimor_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-peaceEastTimor-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2000</td> <td>2002</td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Transitional_Administration_in_East_Timor" title="United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor">UNTAET</a></td> <td rowspan="2">1,000 (Singapore Armed Forces & Singapore Police Force)<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2002</td> <td>2005</td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Mission_of_Support_to_East_Timor" title="United Nations Mission of Support to East Timor">UNMISET</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">2000</td> <td rowspan="2">2003</td> <td><span data-sort-value="Ethiopia"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Flag_of_Ethiopia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ethiopia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Flag_of_Ethiopia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ethiopia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Flag_of_Ethiopia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Ethiopia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Ethiopia" title="Ethiopia">Ethiopia</a></span></td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Eritrean%E2%80%93Ethiopian_War" title="Eritrean–Ethiopian War">Eritrean–Ethiopian War</a></td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Mission_in_Ethiopia_and_Eritrea" title="United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea">UNMEE</a></td> <td rowspan="2">1 military advisor (Singapore Armed Forces)<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Eritrea"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Flag_of_Eritrea.svg/23px-Flag_of_Eritrea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Flag_of_Eritrea.svg/35px-Flag_of_Eritrea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Flag_of_Eritrea.svg/46px-Flag_of_Eritrea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Eritrea" title="Eritrea">Eritrea</a></span> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notification_of_Casualties_application">Notification of Casualties application</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Singapore_and_the_United_Nations&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Notification of Casualties application"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In December 2015, a <a href="/wiki/Memorandum_of_understanding" title="Memorandum of understanding">memorandum of understanding</a> was signed between Singapore and the United Nations to develop an information management tool to aid in peacekeeping operations. The main functionality of the software is to allow the reporting of casualty for personnel serving in peacekeeping operations, which will be then accessed by authorized users in the UN Headquarters in New York, and all Peacekeeping and Special Political Missions.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The tool was developed by the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF), the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Department_of_Peace_Operations" title="United Nations Department of Peace Operations">UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (UN DPKO)</a> and the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Department_of_Field_Support" title="United Nations Department of Field Support">UN Department of Field Support (UN DFS)</a> and was launched in May 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The launch of the software was officiated by <a href="/wiki/Jean-Pierre_Lacroix_(diplomat)" title="Jean-Pierre Lacroix (diplomat)">Jean-Pierre Lacroix</a>, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations in a ceremony in New York.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Representation">Representation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Singapore_and_the_United_Nations&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Representation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Singapore maintains 3 permanent missions to the UN and 1 permanent delegate to <a href="/wiki/UNESCO" title="UNESCO">UNESCO</a>. The 3 permanent missions to the UN are located in <a href="/wiki/Headquarters_of_the_United_Nations" title="Headquarters of the United Nations">New York</a>, which is headed by Ambassador Burhan Gafoor,<sup id="cite_ref-PRNewYork_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PRNewYork-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Office_at_Geneva" title="United Nations Office at Geneva">Geneva</a>, which is headed by Ambassador Tan Hung Seng<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and lastly at <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Office_at_Vienna" title="United Nations Office at Vienna">Vienna</a>, which is headed by Ambassador Umej Singh Bhatia.<sup id="cite_ref-PRVienna_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PRVienna-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The permanent mission in Vienna, also serves as the country's representative to the <a href="/wiki/Comprehensive_Nuclear-Test-Ban_Treaty_Organization" title="Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization">Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization</a> and the <a href="/wiki/International_Atomic_Energy_Agency" title="International Atomic Energy Agency">International Atomic Energy Agency</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-PRVienna_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PRVienna-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The non-resident permanent delegate to UNESCO is represented by Ambassador Rosa Huey Daniel.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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