How to Address a Permanent Representative
The Permanent Representative to the U.N.
How do I address the French Permanent Representative to the United Nations? I believe, the Permanent Representative would be addressed asAmbassador in the salutation, but I had also found several letters on the internet addressing the Permanent Representative asYour Excellency.
————– Antonia
Dear Antonia,
A permanent representative to an international organization such as the United Nations holds the rank of ambassador. His rank is ‘ambassador’ – his role is‘permanent representative’. This person is addressed in the style of a foreign ambassador and identified as the permanent representative.
—-Envelope or address block on an email:
—-—-His/Her Excellency (Full Name)
—-—-Permanent Representative of the French Republic to the United Nations
—-—-(Address)
—-Salutation – here are three, from the most to the least formal:
—-—-Your Excellency,
—-—-Dear Ambassador,
—-—-—-or
—-—-Dear Ambassador (Surname),
– Robert Hickey
Robert Hickey author of“Honor & Respect”
How to Write a Place Card for the U.S. Permanent Representative to the UN?
How would one correctly write place card for a formal dinner for the U.S.’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations? Can I properly write‘The American Ambassador to the United Nations’?
—-—-—-—-– Cindy
Dear Cindy,
On a formal place card(not a tent card of placard) all that is written is enought to tell the guest which is ther seat. It doesn’t need to have a lot of information, and a place card is small anyway.
His rank is ‘ambassador’ – his role is‘permanent representative’. As a U.S. official being addressed by a U.S. citizen he could be formally addressed in these two ways:
—-—-The Honorable (Full Name)
—-—-the United States Ambassador to the United Nations
—-—-—-or
—-—-The Honorable (Full Name)
—-—-the United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations.
—-PLACE CARD BY OFFICE: You can write a place card ‘by office’ rather than ‘by name’. Addressing‘by office’ is more formal.
—-On the place card:
—- –—-The U.S. Ambassador to the U.N.
—-— ——-or
— ——-The U.S. Permanent Representative to the U.N.
—-PLACE CARD BY NAME: In oral address he is‘Ambassador (Surname). That’s what would go on his placecard.
——–Ambassador (Surname)
– Robert Hickey
See Specific Ambassadors:
———U.S. Ambassador by a U.S. Citizen
———U.S. Career Ambassador Retired
———U.S. Ambassador, Retired Foreign Service
———U.S. Ambassador, former, political appointee
———U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom
———Goodwill Ambassador
———Foreign Ambassador
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See Other Diplomats:
———Attaché
———Chargé d’Affaires
———Consul
———Consul General
———Consul Honorary
———Counselor
———Deputy Chief of Mission
———First Secretary
———Second Secretary
———Third Secretary
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Robert Hickey author of“Honor & Respect”
When Should You Use the Forms on this Page?
You can use these forms of address for any mode of communication: addressing aletter, invitation, card orEmail.(If there are differences between the official and social forms of address, I will have mentioned the different forms.) The form noted in the salutation is the same form you use when you say their name in conversation or when yougreet them.
___What I don’t cover on this site aremany thingsI do cover in my book:all the rules of forms of address, about names, international titles, precedence, complimentary closes, details on invitations, place cards, all sorts of introductions,etc. I hope you’ll get acopy of the book if you’d like the further detail.
Not Finding Your Answer?
—-#1)At right ondesktops,at the bottom of every pageontablets andphones, is a list of all the offices, officials & topics covered on the site.
—-#2) If you don’t see the official you seek included or your question answeredsend me an e-mail. I am pretty fast at sending a reply: usually the next day or so (unless I am traveling.)Note: I don’t have mailing or Email addresses for any of the officials and I don’t keep track of offices that exist only in history books.
—-#3) If I think your question is of interest to others, Sometimes I post the question – but always change all the specifics.
— Robert Hickey
Robert Hickey author of“Honor & Respect”
Recommended Resources: The Protocol School of Washington (PSOW) and Protocol and Diplomacy International – Protocol Officers Association (PDI-POA) For more information see theProtocol Resources page.
