New Permanent Representative of the United Arab Emirates Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva

Jamal Jama Al Musharakh, the new Permanent Representative of the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Al Musharakh served as the Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to the Netherlands, and also as the Permanent Representative of the United Arab Emirates to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.  He was also Director of the Policy Planning Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates.  Prior to that, he served as the Deputy Permanent Representative of the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations in New York.  Mr. Al Musharakh also worked in the European Affairs Department, the office of the United Arab Emirates’ Special Envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, and the office of the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs.

Mr. Al Musharakh received diplomatic training at New York University, the American University (Washington DC), the United Nations Institute for Training and Research, and the Emirates Centre for Strategic Studies and Research.  He holds a bachelor’s degree in international studies from the American University of Sharjah, as well as a master’s degree in diplomacy and international affairs from Zayed University.

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