Published on 12:00 AM, March 02, 2008

Permanent representative to UN

Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, sister of Pundit Jawaharlal Nehru was the first woman Ambassador and Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations and also the late Princess Abida Sultana was first Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations.
Ms. Ismet Jahan is the first woman Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations in New York.
We congratulate her.