UNIS/BIO/1373
14 July 2023
(Based on information provided by the Protocol and Liaison Service)
VIENNA, 14 July (UN Information Service) – The new Permanent Representative of Slovakia to the United Nations (Vienna), Peter Burian, presented his credentials today to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV), Ghada Waly.
During his career, Mr. Burian, who is also Permanent Representative to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and other International Organizations in Vienna, has served in various capacities, among them:
Ambassador-at-large for Human Rights, Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs (2021-2023); European Union Special Representative for Central Asia (2015-2021); State Secretary, First Deputy Minister for Foreign and European Affairs (2012-2015); Ambassador to the United States (2008-2012); Permanent Representative of Slovakia to the United Nations in New York (2004-2008) and Ambassador, Head of Slovakia´s Mission to North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Brussels (1999-2003).
Mr. Burian is a graduate of St. Petersburg State University, School of Oriental Studies.
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