India has appointed diplomat T S Tirumurti, the present Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs, as its Permanent Representative to the United Nations.
The Permanent Mission is the diplomatic mission that every member state deputes to the United Nations.
It is headed by a Permanent Representative, who is also referred to as the “UN ambassador”.
It is under the Vienna Convention on the Representation of States.
India was among the select members of the United Nations that signed the United Nations Declaration at Washington on January 1, 1942.
India also participated in the historic UN Conference of International Organization at San Francisco from April 25 to June 26, 1945.