The new Permanent Representative of Liberia to the United Nations, Sarah Safyn Fyneah, presented her credentials to UN Secretary-General António Guterres today.
Prior to her appointment, she served as Minister Plenipotentiary/Deputy Chief of Mission at Liberia’s Embassy in Washington, D.C.
A career diplomat, Ms. Fyneah was Chargé d’Affaires ad interim at her country’s Embassy in Ethiopia — as well as its Permanent Mission to the African Union and to the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa — from 2019 to 2021. She also served as Minister Counsellor/Deputy Head of Mission at the same Embassy from 2016 to 2019. From 2014 to 2016, she served as Minister Counsellor/Deputy Chief of Mission at Liberia’s Embassy in Doha, Qatar.
From 2010 to 2014, she was Assistant Minister/Special Assistant to the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Liberia.
Ms. Fyneah earned a bachelor’s degree in mass communications from the University of Liberia, a post-graduate diploma in contemporary diplomacy and international relations from the Gabriel L. Dennis Foreign Service Institute and a master’s degree in development studies from Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia, among other certifications.
Source: United Nations