NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF BRUNEI DARUSSALAM PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA

Masurai Masri, the new Permanent Representative of Brunei Darussalam to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Michael Møller, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

Prior to her appointment to Geneva, Ms. Masri had been serving as High Commissioner of Brunei Darussalam to Bangladesh since August 2016. She served as Senior Special Duties Officer, Technical Assistance Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade from January 2013 to August 2016, and Deputy Head at the Department of International Organizations at the Ministry from December 2007 to January 2013.

A career diplomat, Ms. Masri joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1989. She has served in a variety of different posts, including as First Secretary at the High Commission of Brunei Darussalam in Canberra, Australia from December 2004 to July 2006; as Deputy Head of Mission at the High Commission in Canberra from July 2006 to December 2007; and as Second Secretary at the High Commission of Brunei Darussalam in London, United Kingdom, from October 1995 to October 1998.
Ms. Masri has a BA in management studies from the Universiti Brunei Darussalam (1985-1989). She was born on 26 May 1965 and is married with three children


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