UNIS/BIO/897
13 October 2009

New Permanent Representative of The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Presents Credentials

VIENNA, 12 October (UN Information Service) - The new Permanent Representative of The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to the United Nations (Vienna), Zoran Dabik, presented his credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV), Antonio Maria Costa.

Mr. Dabik is also serving as Permanent Representative to other international organizations in Vienna, a post which he assumed this year.

Mr. Dabik has served in many capacities in the course of his career, among them: Director, Collective Security Systems, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2006-08), First Secretary and Consul, Embassy in Washington D.C., United States (2001-05).

Mr. Dabik holds a Master's degree in Political Science from Madison University in Gulfport, United States.

He is married and has two children.

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