Carsten Staur is the Permanent Representative

Permanent Representative

A Permanent Representative is the head of a diplomatic mission to one of various international organisations. The best known of the organisations to which states send Permanent Representatives is the United Nations; of these, the most high-profile ones are those assigned to headquarters in New...

 to the United Nations

United Nations

The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...

 for Denmark

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

. He presented his credentials to Secretary-General

Secretary-General

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 Ban Ki-moon

Ban Ki-moon

Ban Ki-moon is the eighth and current Secretary-General of the United Nations, after succeeding Kofi Annan in 2007. Before going on to be Secretary-General, Ban was a career diplomat in South Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and in the United Nations. He entered diplomatic service the year he...

 on 16 March 2007. Staur is married and has two children.

Education

Staur holds a Master of Arts in history and Danish literature from the University of Copenhagen

University of Copenhagen

The University of Copenhagen is the oldest and largest university and research institution in Denmark. Founded in 1479, it has more than 37,000 students, the majority of whom are female , and more than 7,000 employees. The university has several campuses located in and around Copenhagen, with the...

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Career

Staur was Denmark's State Secretary for Foreign Affairs before taking the post at the United Nations. He has also served as Under-Secretary for Bilateral Affairs (Middle East, Africa, Asia and Latin America), and Administrative Affairs. He was Denmark’s Ambassador to Israel from 1996 to 1998 and has held other political and diplomatic posts including Head and Deputy Head of the Policy and Planning Department, South Group, at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. His diplomatic career began as First Secretary at the Permanent Mission to the UN in Geneva

Geneva

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External links

• Permanent Mission of Denmark to the UN