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United Nations

The United Nations has a complex governance system. Positions tracked as Politically Exposed Persons are linked to this country entry.

Entities

Our standard dataset contains 131 entities connected with the United Nations. This may include sanctioned entities, politically-exposed persons (PEPs), and their close associates, or entities involved in criminal activity.

Data sources

We are not yet including any data published by authorities or organizations based in the United Nations. See our global list of data sources and our criteria for selecting datasets.

Sanctions programs/policies targeting the United Nations

We are not yet including any targeting entities that are based in the United Nations.

Politically-exposed persons (PEPs)

Our database contains 116 entities identified as PEPs connected with the United Nations.

National government positions

Number of known occupants
Diplomatic rolesCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Jordanian Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York City-2-
Permanent Representative of Afghanistan to the United Nations-1-
Permanent Representative of Iraq to the United Nations-11
Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations-14
Permanent Representative of Morocco to the United Nations in New York-21
Permanent Representative of Palestine to the United Nations--1
Permanent Representative of Russia to the United Nations-15
Permanent Representative of Syria to the United Nations-31
Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations, New York-51

Intergovernmental positions

Number of known occupants
International bodiesCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Permanent Representative of Saudi Arabia to the United Nations--1
President of the United Nations General Assembly23--
President of the United Nations Security Council-318
Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for Gaza--1
United Nations Independent Expert on Protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity--2
United Nations Special Rapporteur-549

Subnational government positions

No positions for this category

What do these numbers mean?

We keep track both if political positions and the individuals who occupy those positions over time. Of course, a person can hold a position for multiple terms, and multiple people can occupy the same position at the same time (e.g. members of parliament).

If a person previously held a position, and currently holds the same position, they are only counted once and recorded under Current. If it is unclear from the source whether they have left the position, they will be counted under Unclear.

How can status be unclear?

Some of the data sources we rely on indicate both past and present holders of political offices. In those cases, a lack of a precise end date for a person's occupancy of a position can mean that we don't know whether they currently hold the position or not. Read more...