Syed Akbaruddin has been appointed as India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations

Syed Akbaruddin appointed as India’s Permanent Representative to UN Senior Indian diplomat He will succeed Asoke Kumar Mukerji who will be retiring soon. Akbaruddin is 1985 batch officer of Indian Foreign Service (IFS). Prior to this appointment he was serving as Additional Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA).
About United Nations(UN)
Established: 1945
Headquater: New York
Members: 193 (last member is South Sudan)
Main organs:
1.  General Assembly, 
2. Security Council, 
3. Economic and Social Council, 
4. Trusteeship Council, (inactive)
5. International Court of Justice, and 
6. UN Secretariat.
Functions:
1. can take action on the issues confronting humanity such as peace and security, climate change, sustainable development, human rights, disarmament, terrorism, humanitarian and health emergencies, gender equality,etc.
2. Helps to find areas of agreement and solve problems together by enabling dialogue between its members, and by hosting negotiations.

Role of India's Permanent Representative-He is the head of a diplomatic mission to the United Nations (UN).He is known as an UN Ambassador. Mr Samarendra nath Sen was the first person for that position from India side but he was an US citizen.