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Ambassador Christoph Heusgen has been the Permanent Representative of Germany to the United Nations since July 2017.
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Dr. Christoph Heusgen has been the Permanent Representative of Germany to the United Nations since July 2017 and has since 2019 been Germany’s representative on the Security Council.
Before to coming to New York, Ambassador Heusgen served for 12 years as Foreign and Security Policy Advisor to the Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel. His career in the Foreign Service also included terms as Deputy Head in charge of European Affairs in the private office of Foreign Minister Kinkel (1993-1997), and Director of the Policy Unit of the High Representative Javier Solana in the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union in Brussels (1999-2005).
Ambassador Heusgen attended the University of St. Gallen where he received his PhD in 1980 and then conducted post-doctoral research at Sorbonne University in Paris. He joined the German Foreign Office shortly thereafter and his first post was at the Consulate General in Chicago (1983-1986).
Ambassador Heusgen is married and has four children.
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Foreign Minister Maas on the end of Germany’s presidency of the UN Security Council, July 30, 2020
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Statement by Ambassador Christoph Heusgen during the Security Council Meeting on Yemen, July 28
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Statement by Ambassador Christoph Heusgen in the Security Council Arria meeting on “Women and the Afghan Peace Process: Ensuring Women’s Participation and Promoting their Rights”, July 27
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“The exciting thing is: no day is like the other.”
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Statement by Ambassador Christoph Heusgen in the Informal Interactive Dialogue between the Security Council and the Peacebuilding Commission on the implications of COVID-19 on Peacebuilding and Sustaining Peace in conflict-affected countries, July 22
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Speech by Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs Heiko Maas at the UN Security Council on sexual violence in conflicts, July 17, 2020
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Statement by Ambassador Christoph Heusgen in the Security Council Meeting on Colombia, July 14
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German National Statement at the 2020 High-Level Political Forum, delivered by Rita Schwarzelühr-Sutter, Vice-Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, and Maria Flachsbarth, Vice-Minister for Economic Cooperation andDevelopment
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Explanation of vote by the co-penholders for the Syria humanitarian file – Germany and Belgium – following the extension of the cross-border resolution on Syria, July 11, 2020
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Statement by the co-penholders for the Syria humanitarian file – Germany and Belgium – following the extension of the cross-border resolution on Syria, July 11, 2020