Lana Nusseibeh

Lana Zaki Nusseibeh
Nusseibeh in 2024
Assistant Minister for Political Affairs and Envoy of the Minister of Foreign Affairs
Incumbent
Assumed office
April 2024
Appointed byKhalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Personal details
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge, University of London

Lana Zaki Nusseibeh (Arabic: لانا زكي نسيبه) is an Emirati diplomat who serves as Assistant Minister for Political Affairs and Envoy of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates. She previously served as the United Arab Emirates Permanent Representative to the United Nations from September 2013 to April 2024.[1]

Early life and education

Nusseibeh's father, of Palestinian descent, is presidential advisor and translator Zaki Nusseibeh, and her grandfather was Palestinian Anwar Nusseibeh.[2] She has bachelor's and master's degrees in history from Queens' College, University of Cambridge and a Master's in Israeli and Jewish Diaspora Studies from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.[3][4]

Career

Nusseibeh was a consultant for UNESCO in Paris from 2000 to 2001, and an analyst with the Security and Terrorism Programme of the Gulf Research Center from 2004 to 2006.[5] She was head of the International Renewable Energy Agency taskforce before beginning work within the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2009, first as Director of the Policy Planning Department and then as Special Envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan.[3] She was Deputy Sherpa for the UAE's participation in the G20 and a member of the UK-UAE Ministerial Taskforce.[4]

Nusseibeh was appointed UAE Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN by President Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan in September 2013,[3] the first woman in the position.[6][4] She was elected as one of the Vice Presidents for the 72nd session in 2017, representing the Asia-Pacific group of member states.[7] She was formerly President of the UN Women Executive Board in 2017.[6][8][9] She is also co-chair of the Friends of the Future of the UN.[3] Nusseibeh is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Emirates Diplomatic Academy.[10]

Awards and honours

  • UAE Prime Minister's Government Excellence Award (Medal of Pride)[3][11]

Publications

  • Al Dabbagh, May; Nusseibeh, Lana (2009). "Women in Parliament and Politics in the UAE". Women, Leadership and Development in the Middle East: 367.

References

  1. ^ "The Ambassador". Permanent Mission of the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations. Archived from the original on 2021-08-04. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
  2. ^ Dajani, Haneen (20 January 2016). "Sheikh Zayed's former interpreter honoured for strengthening ties between UAE and France". The National. Archived from the original on 2 April 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Permanent Mission of the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations". United Nations. 18 September 2013. Archived from the original on 26 January 2021. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  4. ^ a b c "Nusseibeh is UAE's first female Permanent Representative to UN". Khaleej Times. 19 September 2013. Archived from the original on 15 August 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  5. ^ "New Permanent Representative of United Arab Emirates Presents Credentials". United Nations. 18 September 2013. Archived from the original on 31 May 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  6. ^ a b Downes, Siobhan (24 January 2017). "An Emirati Woman Will Lead the UN In Female Empowerment". Emirates Woman. Archived from the original on 9 May 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  7. ^ "UAE envoy elected as a vice-president of UN General Assembly". GDN online. Archived from the original on 2017-08-15. Retrieved 2017-08-15.
  8. ^ Malek, Caline (14 February 2017). "UAE's UN ambassador elected as president of UN Women Executive Board". The National. Archived from the original on 15 August 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  9. ^ "Meet the Emirati woman leading UN on women empowerment". Al Arabiya. 20 January 2017. Archived from the original on 19 November 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  10. ^ "H.E. Ambassador Lana Nusseibeh | United Arab Emirates". www.un.int. Archived from the original on 2021-01-26. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
  11. ^ Zaatari, Sami (11 January 2017). "In race to be number one, excellence is a journey, Mohammad says". Gulf News. Archived from the original on 15 August 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2017.