Permanent Missions to the United Nations

UN General Assembly, Permanent Missions to the United Nations, A/RES/257, UN General Assembly, 3 December 1948, https://www.refworld.org/legal/resolution/unga/1948/7708 [accessed 26 July 2026]
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Tit 257. Permanent Missions to the United Nations le

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The General Assembly, Considering that, since the creation of the United Nations, the practice has developed of establishing, at the seat of the Organization, permanent missions of Member States, Considering that the presence of such permanent missions serves to assist in the realization of the purposes and principles of the United Nations and, in particular, to keep the necessary liaison between the Member States and the Secretariat in periods between sessions of the different organs of the United Nations, Considering that in these circumstances the generalization of the institution of permanent missions can be foreseen, and that the submission of credentials of permanent representatives should be regulated, Recommends

1. That credentials of the permanent representatives shall be issued either by the Head of the State or by the Head of the Government or by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and shall be transmitted to the Secretary-General;

2. That the appointments and changes of members of the permanent missions other than the permanent representative shall be communicated in writing to the Secretary-General by the head of the mission;

3. That the permanent representative, in case of temporary absence, shall notify the Secretary-General of the name of the member of the mission who will perform the duties of head of the mission;

4. That Member States desiring their permanent representatives to represent them on one or more of the organs of the United Nations should specify the organs in the credentials transmitted to the Secretary-General,

Instructs the Secretary-General to submit, at each regular session of the General Assembly, a report on the credentials of the permanent representatives accredited to the United Nations.

Hundred and sixty-ninth plenary meeting,
3 December 1948.

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The General Assembly, Instructs the Secretary-General to study all questions which may arise from the institution of permanent missions, including permanent missions to the European Office of the United Nations, and, if necessary, to report on this subject to the next regular session of the General Assembly. Hundred and sixty-ninth plenary meeting,
3 December 1948.
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