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Prakash Shah

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Prakash Shah
Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations
In office
February 1995 – July 1997
Preceded byMohammad Hamid Ansari
Succeeded byKamalesh Sharma

Prakash Shah is an Indian diplomat. He has been Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations from February 1995 to July 1997. In August 1998, he was also appointed by Kofi Annan as special envoy to Baghdad during the arms conflict in Iraq.[1][2] From 1977 to 1980, he also served as Joint Secretary to Prime Minister of India; Morarji Desai, Charan Singh and Indira Gandhi.[3]

Currently, he is also on the Board of Advisors of India's International Movement to Unite Nations (I.I.M.U.N.) and also servers as the Chairperson of the Academic Advisory Council of I.I.M.U.N. [1][4]

References

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  1. ^ "U.N. keeps sanctions on Iraq". CNN. 20 August 1998. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  2. ^ "World: Middle East 'Low-key' crisis in Iraq". BBC. 13 August 1998. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  3. ^ "Ambassador Prakash Shah". Indo-American Art Council. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  4. ^ "I.I.M.U.N. || Academic Advisory Council". new.iimun.in. Retrieved 17 July 2021.