UNIS/BIO/864
26 January 2009

New Permanent Representative of Montenegro Presents Credentials

VIENNA, 26 January (UN Information Service) - The new Permanent Representative of Montenegro to the United Nations (Vienna), H.E. Ms. Dragana Radulović, presented her credentials today to Mr. Antonio Maria Costa, Director-General, United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV).

Ms. Dragana Radulović is also serving as Ambassador to Austria, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and other international organizations, a post which she assumed this year.

Ms. Dragana Radulović has served in many capacities in the course of her career, among them: Deputy Minister for the European Union (EU) and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2007-09), Deputy Minister for Multilateral Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2005-07), Advisor to the Minister, Ministry of Interior (2004), and Councillor for OSCE and Council of Europe then Senior Councillor for NATO, OSCE and Council of Europe, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2000-04).

Ms. Dragana Radulović holds a Bachelor's degree in English language and literature from the University of Montenegro, Nikšić. She speaks English, French and Italian.

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