The Bureau of International Organization Affairs (IO) is a bureau in the United States Department of State that creates and executes U.S. policy in the United Nations and other international organizations. It is headed by the Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs. The IO is charged with developing and implementing the policies of the U.S. government with respect to the United Nations and its affiliated agencies,as well as within certain other international organizations. The Bureau of International Organization Affairs was created in order to strengthen the United States involvement in important international relations.
The Department of Foreign Affairs is the executive department of the Philippine government tasked to contribute to the enhancement of national security,protection of the territorial integrity and national sovereignty,to participate in the national endeavor of sustaining development and enhancing the Philippines' competitive edge,to protect the rights and promote the welfare of Filipinos overseas and to mobilize them as partners in national development,to project a positive image of the Philippines,and to increase international understanding of Philippine culture for mutually-beneficial relations with other countries.
Domingo Lim Siazon,Jr. was a Filipino diplomat. He served as the Director-General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization from 1985 to 1992,the 18th Philippine Secretary of Foreign Affairs from 1995 to 2001,and the Philippine Ambassador to Japan from 1993 to 1995 and 2001 to 2010.
Nanguyalai Tarzi –is a former senior Afghan diplomat who was the Afghan Ambassador to Switzerland and Permanent Representative to the United Nations office and other international organisations in Geneva. Tarzi has been the Ambassador of Afghanistan to India,and before that he was Permanent Representative to United Nations at Geneva and Afghan Ambassador to Switzerland,Ambassador of Afghanistan to Pakistan and Director of the United Nations Information Centres (UNIC) in Tehran,Iran. From 1980s to 1990s,Tarzi was Permanent Observer of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to the United Nations,Geneva,Switzerland and United Nations,Vienna,Austria and Senior Political Adviser and Deputy Permanent Observer of OIC to the United Nations,New York,United States of America. In the 1970s,Tarzi was the Afghan diplomat in Washington D.C.,United States of America.
Peter Richard Woolcott is an Australian public servant,diplomat and the former Australian Public Service Commissioner. He was previously the Chief of Staff to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. Woolcott has served as the Australia's High Commissioner to New Zealand,the Australian Ambassador for the Environment,the Australian Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva,the Australian Ambassador to Italy,the Deputy Head of Mission in Jakarta,and the Consul-General in Honolulu.
Rosario Manalo,is a Filipino career diplomat,political scientist,and educator in the Philippines. She is the Special Representative of the Philippines to the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights and has served as undersecretary of Foreign Affairs in charge of International Economic Relations from 1997 to 2001. Moreover,she has served as Philippine ambassador to Sweden,to France,to Belgium and to the European Economic Community.
Zoran Jolevski is a Macedonian diplomat and the former Minister of Defense of the Republic of Macedonia. Prior to his appointment as Minister of Defense,he served as Macedonia's Ambassador to the United States of America. In November 2008,he was appointed chief negotiator to the Macedonia naming dispute,and in 2011 he was appointed Ambassador to the United Mexican States and as Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States. He served as Secretary General of the late Macedonian president Boris Trajkovski from 2000–2004. He holds a Ph.D. in International Economy from Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje. He is married to Suzana Jolevska,and together they have two sons,Pero (1988) and Filip (1992).
Norman Frederick Henderson Berlis was a Canadian diplomat. He was Secretary and Officer-in-charge Permanent Delegation to the United Nations in Geneva then High Commissioner to Tanganyika,Tanzania then Uganda. He was also ambassador to Kenya and High Commissioner to Zanzibar and then the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Poland,Austria,and to the United Nations Industrial Development Organization then to Denmark. During his time as ambassador to Austria,on behalf of the Government of Canada he signed Canada's Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement under the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons with the International Atomic Energy Agency's Sigvard Eklund.
Omar Alieu Touray is a Gambian diplomat who has served as president of the Economic Community of West African States Commission since 2022. He was the Gambia's Permanent Representative to the United Nations from 2007 to 2008 and was Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs from March 2008 to September 2009.
Choi Young-jin is a South Korean career diplomat who served as South Korean Ambassador to the United States from 2012 to 2013,when he was succeeded by Ahn Ho-young.
Rakesh Sood is a former Indian diplomat of the Indian Foreign Service cadre,columnist,and writer. He was appointed as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's special envoy for disarmament and non-proliferation in September,2013. He did his secondary schooling at Ramjas Higher Secondary School -5,New Delhi. He studied physics at St. Stephen's College,Delhi and went on to join the Indian Foreign Service in July 1976.
Ambassador Ersin Erçin is a senior Turkish diplomat,with an extensive experience in multilateral diplomacy particularly on matters of international,Euro-Atlantic and Eurasian security,disarmament,and economic and environmental security.
Sameh Hassan Shoukry(Arabic:سامحشكري;born 20 October 1952) is an Egyptian diplomat who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2014 to 2024. Previously,Shoukry served as the Ambassador of Egypt to the United States from 2008 to 2012.
Haim Waxman was Israel’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations from 2010 until 2013. Prior to that posting,he served as the Director of the Department for Non-Proliferation in the Strategic Affairs Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He also served as interim Acting Deputy Director-General for Strategic Affairs.
Indonesia officially became the 60th member of the United Nations on 28 September 1950,in accordance with the United Nations Security Council Resolution 86 two days before,and the United Nations General Assembly resolution number A/RES/491 (V) on the "admission of the Republic of Indonesia to membership in the United Nations",less than one year after the independence of Indonesia's by the Netherlands at the Dutch–Indonesian Round Table Conference in the Hague.
Prasad Kariyawasam is a Sri Lankan diplomat and the former Secretary to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,the top diplomat in Sri Lanka. He was the International Affairs Adviser to Hon.Karu Jayasooriya,Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.He was the former Sri Lankan Ambassador to the United States. with concurrent accreditation as High Commissioner for Sri Lanka to Trinidad &Tobago and Ambassador (designate) to Mexico. He was also the Permanent Observer of Sri Lanka to the Washington-based Organization of American States (OAS).He has also served as Sri Lankan Ambassador to India,Afghanistan and Bhutan.
Iran–Philippines relations refer to foreign relations between Iran and the Philippines. Diplomatic relations were established on January 22,1964. There is a community of thousands of Iranians in the Philippines including many international students drawn by the country's low-cost English education.
Malaysia became the 82nd member of the United Nations on 17 September 1957. Malaysia has held a rotational non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council for four terms,and has participated in over 30 United Nations peacekeeping missions through its MALBATT contingent since October 1960.
Enrique Austria Manalo is a Filipino diplomat currently serving as the Secretary of Foreign Affairs under the Marcos Jr. administration since June 30,2022. He previously served in an acting role under the Duterte administration from March 9 to May 17,2017,when Perfecto Yasay Jr.'s ad-interim appointment confirmation was rejected by the Commission on Appointments due to citizenship issues. He also previously served as Philippine Ambassador to the United Kingdom from 2011 to 2016,Undersecretary for Policy of the Department of Foreign Affairs from 2016 to 2020,and the 21st Permanent Representative of the Philippines to the United Nations from 2020 to 2022.
Vaqif Sadıqov is an Azerbaijani diplomat currently serving as Azerbaijan's Ambassador to Belgium and the European Union.
