New Permanent Representative of Guinea Presents Credentials

(Based on information provided by the Protocol and Liaison Service)

The new Permanent Representative of Guinea to the United Nations, Fatoumata Kaba, presented her credentials to UN Secretary‑General António Guterres today.

Prior to her latest appointment, Ms. Kaba was her country’s Ambassador to Ethiopia, as well as Permanent Representative to the African Union Commission, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) between 2013 and 2018.  She also served as Chair of the Permanent Representatives Committee at the African Union for 2017.

Ms. Kaba served as diplomatic adviser to the President of Guinea from 2009 to 2010, Minister for International Cooperation (2006-2007) and Minister for Foreign Affairs (2005-2006).  She was Ambassador to Nigeria and Permanent Representative of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS, 2002-2005); as well as Ambassador and National Director (2000-2002), and Deputy National Director of Cultural and Political Affairs (1997-2000) in Guinea’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Also in the Foreign Ministry, she served as Head of the Africa and Asia Division and the Division of Cultural and Political Affairs (1995-1997).  She also headed the Africa Section (1989-1994).

Ms. Kaba holds a graduate diploma in international relations from the Institut des Relations Internationales du Cameroun (IRIC), a master’s degree in economy and philosophy from the Université de Conakry and a bachelor’s from Lycée Technique Ho Chi Minh, in Kankan, Guinea.