Who has been appointed as the Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations in June 2022?
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is option 3 i.e. Ruchira Kamboj
As India's newest ambassador and permanent representative to the UN, Ruchira Kamboj has been named.
- She was both the 1987 Foreign Service batch topper and the All India women's topper in the Civil Services batch.
- From 2002 to 2005, she served as a counsellor at India's Permanent Mission to the UN in New York, where she worked on a variety of political topics such as UN Security Council reform and UN peacekeeping.
- She served as India's consul general in Cape Town, South Africa, from 2006 to 2009; part of her job required her to communicate often with the South African Parliament.
- She was chosen to serve as the Commonwealth Secretariat's Deputy Head of the Office of the Secretary General.